CVE-2017-16001: 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…

PriorityP344high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EXPLOIT

EPSS

0.93%

56.3th percentile

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
hashicorp	vagrant	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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