CVE-2017-12579

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Hashicorp
Status
Vagrant Vmware Fusion
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 October 2017

Summary

An insecure suid wrapper binary in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 4.0.24 and earlier allows a non-root user to obtain a root shell.

References

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in...
x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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