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Case File

CVE-2017-16873

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.43% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-03-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
exploit

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CVE
CVE-2017-16873
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.43%
VMware VMWare

Original Filing — NVD 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.