4.7med
CVE-2016-5709
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.3.1 and earlier uses weak encryption to store passwords in /etc/shadow, which allows local users with s…
Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.7
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.3.1 and earlier uses weak encryption to store passwords in /etc/shadow, which allows local users with superuser privileges to obtain user passwords via a brute force attack.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.42% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- packetstormsecurity.com /files/137525/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Weak-Crypto.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/38 · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-5709
- NVD: CVE-2016-5709
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