cve-2016-5333
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-08-31 01:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:00
Severity ?
Summary
VMware Photos OS OVA 1.0 before 2016-08-14 has a default SSH public key in an authorized_keys file, which allows remote attackers to obtain SSH access by leveraging knowledge of the private key.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92474
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036628
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/vmware_shipped_public_key_with_its_photon_osforcontainers/Press/Media Coverage
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0012.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92474
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036628
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/vmware_shipped_public_key_with_its_photon_osforcontainers/Press/Media Coverage
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0012.htmlVendor Advisory
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