PT-2017-17858 · Hashicorp · Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion Plugin

Mark Wadham · Published 2017-08-02 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-7642

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin versions prior to 4.0.21

Description The issue allows local users to gain root privileges due to the failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable in the sudo helper of the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.0.21, update to version 4.0.21 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-7642

Affected Products

Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/42334 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7642 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7642 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md · Note