High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-11741
CVE-2017-11741
Description
HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.24 uses weak permissions for the sudo helper scripts, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by overwriting one of the scripts.
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Affected products
3<4.0.24+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <4.0.24
- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_vmware_fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.0.23
- (no CPE)range: <4.0.24
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201711741-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4023.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/0nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43224/nvd
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