VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-11741
HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.11%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.11% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- hashicorp/vagrant vmware fusion
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/0Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201711741-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4023.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43224/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/0Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201711741-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4023.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43224/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.