CVE-2017-7642

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

1.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 66.8% 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

2017-08-02 19:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 16:12Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-04-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

26e6d82a37b360e4ebb7669163f3ca2b38722a64844362a416efef33d7c1aee3

• seclists.org20170717 CVE-2017-7642 Local root privesc in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion <= 4.0.20http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.mdx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com42334https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• m4.rkw.iohttps://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.htmlx_refsource_MISC