CVE-2017-16001

Published: Nov 6, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Hashicorp: Vagrant

Hashicorp

1 product

Vagrant

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Hashicorp Vagrant	Version 5.0.1

Related CWEs

CWE-362

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

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (4)

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716001-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-501.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43220/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716001-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-501.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43220/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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