CVE-2017-16512

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The vagrant update process in Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.2 through 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges via a crafted update request when no updates are available.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716512-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-v502504-local-root.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716512-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-v502504-local-root.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 29, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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