cve/2017/CVE-2017-16777.md

### [CVE-2017-16777](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16777)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219/

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