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SolarWinds Virtualization Manager: CVE-2016-3643:

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Jun 17, 2016

Added

May 12, 2025

Modified

May 13, 2025

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."

Solution

solarwinds-virtualization-manager-cve-2016-3643-solution

References

CVE-2016-3643
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-3643
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26

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