Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 5.0.2 Vagrant Update Process access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 5.0.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Vagrant Update Process. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-16512. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 5.0.2. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Vagrant Update Process. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The vagrant update process in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.2 through 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges via a crafted update request when no updates are available.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2018. The weakness was presented 03/29/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at m4.rkw.io. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-16512 since 11/03/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-115220 and VDB-115219 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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Timelineinfo

11/03/2017 🔍
03/28/2018 +145 days 🔍
03/29/2018 +1 days 🔍
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03/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/18/2020 +659 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: m4.rkw.io
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-16512 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16512
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115218
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2018 12:24
Updated: 01/18/2020 08:32
Changes: 03/30/2018 12:24 (58), 01/18/2020 08:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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