cve/2017/CVE-2017-16001.md

### [CVE-2017-16001](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16001)
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### Description

In HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) 5.0.1, a local attacker or malware can silently subvert the plugin update process in order to escalate to root privileges.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43220/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.