How severe is CVE-2017-16873?

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

Vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant VMware Fusion

CVE-2017-16873

It is possible to exploit an unsanitized PATH in the suid binary that ships with vagrant-vmware-fusion 4.0.25 through 5.0.4 in order to escalate to root privileges.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.2th 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_vmware_fusion
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16873?: CVE-2017-16873 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hashicorp Vagrant VMware Fusion. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-16873?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.