CVE-2017-12579

7.8 HIGH

Published: October 19, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.5%

70th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

Affected Vendors

hashicorp

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