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CVE-2016-3643

7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.7% · 89th pctCISA KEV · Exploited in the wild
2016-06-17•Updated 2025-10-21•KEV 2021-11-03
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Remediation due
2022-05-03

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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

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."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC · CISA-ADP
Exploitationactive
Automatableno
Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

VendorProductAffected versions
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n/a

References

3 Links
Exploits & PoCs

Record Details

Published
2016-06-17
Last updated
2025-10-21
Assigner (CNA)
mitre
Credited to
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