Local Privilege Escalation in HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion Plugin
CVE-2017-7642

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Hashicorp
Status
Vagrant Vmware Fusion
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 August 2017

What is CVE-2017-7642?

The HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin prior to version 4.0.21 contains a vulnerability that allows local users to escalate their privileges to root. This occurs due to insufficient verification of the path to the encoded Ruby script and a failure to adequately scrub the PATH variable. Exploiting this flaw could lead to unauthorized access and control over the host system, thereby compromising its security.

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29
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https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blo...
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/
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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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