CVE-2017-16873 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can exploit an unsanitized PATH in the suid binary to escalate privileges to root on systems using the Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-16873?
CVE-2017-16873 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16873?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16873?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16873 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-16873 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16873 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v2px-fp32-982g.