CVE-2017-7642
N/A
Published: August 2, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVagrant VMware Fusion
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.0.20
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.mdx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.htmlExploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426
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