CVE-2017-16777

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 59.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-11-16 15:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4cb9b58e24fe4d27e8cf78efde6114a08d35e5471e4e94adb5316b5bdb273639

• m4.rkw.iohttps://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve201716777-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion-503.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43219https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43219/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB