CVE-2017-7642

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7642
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-02 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion < 4.0.20 - Local Privilege Escalation - macOS local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: CVE-2017-7642 Local root privesc in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion <= 4.0.20 FULLDISC seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
vagrant-plugin-changelog/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md at master · hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Mark Wadham MISC m4.rkw.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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