CVE-2017-15884

HIGH

Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion - Race Condition

Title source: rule

Description

In HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.0, a local attacker or malware can silently subvert the plugin update process in order to escalate to root privileges.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Mark Wadham · bashlocalmacos

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43222

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (2)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715884-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-500.html

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43222/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (1)

hashicorp/vagrant_vmware_fusion 5.0.0

Published Oct 31, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026