CVE-2017-16001
N/A
Published: November 6, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVagrant
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716001-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-501.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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