Description
In HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.0, a local attacker or malware can silently subvert the plugin update process in order to escalate to root privileges.
Published: 2017-10-31
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7303 In HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.0, a local attacker or malware can silently subvert the plugin update process in order to escalate to root privileges.
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Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:04:50.409Z

Reserved: 2017-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15884

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-31T18:29:00.390

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-15884

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