Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 4.0.20 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 4.0.20. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-7642. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 4.0.20. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 07/17/2017. The weakness was shared 07/17/2017 as CVE-2017-7642 Local root privesc in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion <= 4.0.20 as confirmed mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-7642 since 04/10/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (42334). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/10/2017 🔍
07/17/2017 +98 days 🔍
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07/22/2017 +5 days 🔍
08/02/2017 +11 days 🔍
01/22/2025 +2730 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: CVE-2017-7642 Local root privesc in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion <= 4.0.20
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-7642 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-7642
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104384
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/22/2017 10:09
Updated: 01/22/2025 09:21
Changes: 07/22/2017 10:09 (58), 10/31/2019 13:28 (6), 01/22/2025 09:21 (16)
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