CVE-2017-12579
HIGHHashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion < 4.0.24 - Uncontrolled Search Path
Title source: ruleDescription
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
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit
x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0111
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-427
Status
published
Products (1)
hashicorp/vagrant_vmware_fusion
< 4.0.24
Published
Oct 19, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026