High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7642
CVE-2017-7642
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.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_vmware_fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=4.0.20
Patches
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References
4- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.mdnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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