VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-11741

CVSS score8.8 HIGH

EPSS probability1.11%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-08-08

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-276: Incorrect Default Permissions

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108