Detections
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CVE-2017-15884

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43222/

https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201715884-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-500.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-7303

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-31

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00077