VDB-115220 · CVE-2017-16873 · GCVE-0-2017-16873

Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 5.0.4 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 5.0.4. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-16873. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion up to 5.0.4. 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:

It is possible to exploit an unsanitized PATH in the suid binary that ships with vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.25 through 5.0.4 in order to escalate to root privileges.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2018. The weakness was published 03/29/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at m4.rkw.io. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-16873 since 11/17/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-115219 and VDB-115218. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Hashicorp

Name

vagrant-vmware-fusion

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/17/2017 🔍
03/28/2018 +131 days 🔍
03/29/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/29/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/18/2020 +659 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: m4.rkw.io
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-16873 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-16873
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-115220
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/30/2018 12:32
Updated: 01/18/2020 08:38
Changes: 03/30/2018 12:32 (56), 01/18/2020 08:38 (1)
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