CVE-2017-16777

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

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-427

Affected software

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

References

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716777-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-503.htmlExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219/
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716777-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-503.htmlExploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219/

Timeline

Published: Nov 16, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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