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.
References
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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/ |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-11-16T15:00:00
Updated: 2017-12-20T10:57:01
Reserved: 2017-11-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-16777
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-11-16T15:29:00.477
Modified: 2019-10-03T00:03:26.223
Link: CVE-2017-16777
JSON object: View
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CWE