An insecure suid wrapper binary in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 4.0.24 and earlier allows a non-r…

published 2017-10-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-4151

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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.

Timeline

2017-10-19 Published
2017-12-06 First public exploit (EDB-43223)

Exploit prediction

1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-43223 Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.24 - Local Privilege Escalation local, 2017-12-06
m4.rkw.io https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/43223/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
m4.rkw.io /blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.html
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-12579
NVD CVE-2017-12579

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Summary