CVE-2017-11741 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin versions prior to 4.0.24. This flaw stems from weak permissions on sudo helper scripts, allowing a local attacker to overwrite these scripts and execute arbitrary code with root privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not observed in active exploitation (KEV), a public exploit (EDB-43224) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_vmware_fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.