CVE-2022-42717 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting HashiCorp Packer and Vagrant on Linux systems, specifically when the recommended sudoers configuration is applied. This flaw allows a low-privileged local user to execute arbitrary commands as root due to a wildcard in the sudoers configuration. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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