CVE-2017-16001 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (vagrant-vmware-fusion) version 5.0.1. A local attacker or malware can exploit a flaw in the plugin update process to gain root privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), a public exploit (EDB-43220) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:vmware_fusion:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.