PT-2017-14551 · Hashicorp+1 · Hashicorp Vagrant+1

Mark Wadham · Published 2017-11-16 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-16777

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV: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.

Exploit

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16777

Affected Products

Hashicorp Vagrant

Vmware Fusion

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/43219 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716777-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-503.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16777 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16777 · Security Note