CVE - CVE-2017-7642

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-7642	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md EXPLOIT-DB:42334 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ FULLDISC:20170717 CVE-2017-7642 Local root privesc in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion <= 4.0.20 URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 MISC:https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170410	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170410)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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