Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant VMware Fusion
CVE-2017-15884
In HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.0, a local attacker or malware can silently subvert the plugin update process in order to escalate to root privileges.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (58.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Hashicorp Vagrant VMware Fusion — versions 5.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715884-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43222/ (exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-15884?
- CVE-2017-15884 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant VMware Fusion, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2017-10-31.
- How severe is CVE-2017-15884?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.