PT-2017-14551
CVE-2017-16777
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Published
2017-11-16
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Updated
2019-10-03
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) version 5.0.3
Description
A local attacker can exploit the issue to escalate to root by creating a fake application directory and exploiting the suid sudo helper, given that HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin is installed but VMware Fusion is not.
Recommendations
For HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin version 5.0.3, consider uninstalling the plugin if VMware Fusion is not installed to prevent potential exploitation.
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