CVE-2017-12579

HIGH

Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion < 4.0.24 - Uncontrolled Search Path

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Mark Wadham · bashlocalmacos

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

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (2)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0111

EPSS Percentile 77.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

hashicorp/vagrant_vmware_fusion < 4.0.24

Timeline

Published Oct 19, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026