CVE-2017-16777

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.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 60th percentile

Published

2017-11-16

Updated

2024-08-05

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-16764
• CVE-2017-16780
• CVE-2017-16763
• CVE-2017-16781
• CVE-2017-16758
• CVE-2017-16783