CVE-2017-16777
HIGHHashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion <5.0.3 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-16777. PoCs published by Mark Wadham.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (5.0.3) by creating a fake VMware Fusion.app directory with a malicious vmnet-cli script. When executed, it sets the SUID bit on a payload binary, granting root access.
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)
This exploit leverages a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (5.0.3) by creating a fake VMware Fusion.app directory with a malicious vmnet-cli script. When executed, it sets the SUID bit on a payload binary, granting root access.
References (2)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H