CVE-2017-11741

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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/0	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201711741-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4023.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43224/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/0	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201711741-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4023.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43224/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_vmware_fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-08-08 19:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-11741

Mitre link : CVE-2017-11741

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-11741

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hashicorp

vagrant_vmware_fusion

CWE

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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