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
EPSS: 0.009 (56.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Hashicorp Vagrant_vmware_fusion — versions 5.0.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
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.