CVE-2017-7642

EUVD-2017-16647
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 59%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
hashicorpvagrant_vmware_fusion
𝑥
≤ 4.0.20
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/