CVE-2017-16001 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-11-06

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:vmware_fusion:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-7417	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00933.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716001-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-501.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43220/

History

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Subscriptions

Hashicorp Vagrant

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-06T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:13:06.589Z

Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16001

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-06T17:29:00.337

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:08:37.623

Link: CVE-2017-16001

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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