High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-16777
CVE-2017-16777
Description
If HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.3 is installed but VMware Fusion is not, a local attacker can create a fake application directory and exploit the suid sudo helper in order to escalate to root.
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Affected products
2- Range: = 5.0.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716777-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-503.htmlnvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219/nvd
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