High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-15884
CVE-2017-15884
Description
In HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.0, a local attacker or malware can silently subvert the plugin update process in order to escalate to root privileges.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_vmware_fusion:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715884-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-500.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43222/nvd
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