CVE-2017-16839
Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges if VMware...
Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges if VMware Fusion is not installed.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges if VMware Fusion is not installed.
- Record
CVE-2017-16839- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges if VMware Fusion is not installed.
- Record
CVE-2017-16839- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-8013 No score
Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges if VMware Fusion is not installed.
- Record
EUVD-2017-8013- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vp7x-mh2p-w87q
Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges if VMware...
Hashicorp vagrant-vmware-fusion 5.0.4 allows local users to steal root privileges if VMware Fusion is not installed.
- Record
GHSA-vp7x-mh2p-w87q- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16839 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Hashicorp Vagrant Vmware Fusion, published March 29, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.