CVE-2017-12579

Published: Oct 19, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Hashicorp: Vagrant Vmware Fusion

Hashicorp

1 product

Vagrant Vmware Fusion

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion	Up to 4.0.24

Related CWEs

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors.

References (4)

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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