CVE-2017-16873

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Hashicorp
Status
Vagrant Vmware Fusion
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 March 2018

Summary

It is possible to exploit an unsanitized PATH in the suid binary that ships with vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.25 through 5.0.4 in order to escalate to root privileges.

References

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716873-hashicorp-vagrantvmwa...
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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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