cve-2016-3643
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-06-17 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:03
Severity ?
Summary
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.3.1 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo, as demonstrated by "sudo cat /etc/passwd."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3643

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