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
Published Aug 2, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.23%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.0.20
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.23% (0.01229) | 67.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.23% (0.01229) | 64.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 56.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 77.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 77.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 75.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.83% (0.01832) | 54.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.44% (0.02442) | 53.98th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.44% (0.02442) | 53.53th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 2.44% (0.02442) | 78.39th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.44% (0.02442) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (4)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory | |
| https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
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