High severity · published Nov 6, 2017
CVE-2017-16001
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VA
Vagrant · Hashicorp
5.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16001
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16001
Exploit
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716001-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-501.html
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43220/
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