CVE-2017-16777

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-16777

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-11-16T15:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-03T00:03:26

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-427	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/427.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant:5.0.3:::::vmware_fusion::	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716777-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-503.html	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219/

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16777
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16777

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:23:46				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 23:06:50	2017-11-16T15:29Z	2017-11-16T15:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 23:06:50		2019-10-03T00:03:26	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 23:06:50		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated