CVE-2017-7642 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain root privileges in the Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin due to insecure PATH handling and missing path verification in the sudo helper.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-7642?
CVE-2017-7642 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7642?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7642?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-7642 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7642 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5458-w8p3-f624.