CVE-2017-16512 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion versions 5.0.2 through 5.0.4. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain root privileges by submitting a specially crafted update request when no legitimate updates are available. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploits available in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0.2, <= 5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.