VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-12579
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An insecure suid wrapper binary in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 4.0.24 and earlier allows a non-root user to obtain a root shell.
Weakness classification
- CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry