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.
Published: 2017-11-16
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-7956 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.
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Hashicorp Vagrant
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.229Z

Reserved: 2017-11-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16777

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-16T15:29:00.477

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

Link: CVE-2017-16777

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