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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16001

CVE-2017-16001

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.

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Affected products

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  • Hashicorp/Vagrant Vmware Fusioninferred2 versions
    = 5.0.1+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: = 5.0.1
    • (no CPE)range: =5.0.1
  • Hashicorp/Vagrant2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:vmware_fusion:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:vmware_fusion:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: =5.0.1

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