CVE-2016-3643

HIGHCISA KEV

7.8

Description

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."

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published6/17/2016

Last Modified4/21/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorSolarWinds

ProductVirtualization Manager

Vulnerability NameSolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2022-05-03

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

solarwinds:virtualization_manager

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967/(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3643(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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