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.

Published 2018-03-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Hashicorp Vagrant VMware Fusion

References

m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716873-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-v4025504-local-root.h… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.