What is CVE-2017-16777?

CVE-2017-16777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-16777?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant

CVE-2017-16777

If HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.3 is installed but VMware Fusion is not, a local attacker can create a fake application directory and exploit the suid sudo helper in order to escalate to root.

EPSS: 0.001 (25.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Hashicorp Vagrant — versions 5.0.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16777?: CVE-2017-16777 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-16777?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.