CVE-2017-12579

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 71.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-10-19 13:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 18:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-08-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

45af2e5362b3f8613d4e4e8203e492bbd167e42a0b14474e2b998d9ac586de00

• m4.rkw.iohttps://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201712579-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-4024.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43223https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43223/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB