CVE-2017-16001

HIGH

Hashicorp Vagrant - Race Condition

Title source: rule

Description

In HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.1, 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/43220

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (2)

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716001-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-501.html

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43220/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (1)

hashicorp/vagrant 5.0.1

Published Nov 06, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026