CVE-2017-12579

HIGH

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion < 4.0.24 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via SUID Wrapper Binary

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-12579. PoCs published by Mark Wadham.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a privilege escalation vulnerability in Hashicorp's vagrant-vmware-fusion plugin version 4.0.24. It manipulates the execution flow of the plugin by modifying Ruby scripts to achieve root privileges via a SUID binary.

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

This exploit targets a privilege escalation vulnerability in Hashicorp's vagrant-vmware-fusion plugin version 4.0.24. It manipulates the execution flow of the plugin by modifying Ruby scripts to achieve root privileges via a SUID binary.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: vagrant-vmware-fusion plugin 4.0.24
No auth needed
Prerequisites: vagrant-vmware-fusion plugin 4.0.24 installed · VMware Fusion 8.x or 10.x · local user access
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0147
EPSS Percentile 70.3%
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