CVE-2017-16777

HIGH

HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion <5.0.3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

If HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.3 is installed but VMware Fusion is not, a local attacker can create a fake application directory and exploit the suid sudo helper in order to escalate to root.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Mark Wadham · bashlocalmacos
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716777-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-503.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.1%
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-427
Status published
Products (1)
hashicorp/vagrant 5.0.3
Published Nov 16, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026