CVE-2017-12579 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin versions 4.0.24 and earlier. An insecure suid wrapper binary allows a low-privileged user to gain root access on the affected system. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with low attack complexity and a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.24CPE 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:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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