CVE-2016-3643

HIGH KEV

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager <6.3.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP

by Nate Kettlewell · textlocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967

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References (4)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967/

[Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3643

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0518

EPSS Percentile 89.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CISA KEV 2021-11-03

VulnCheck KEV 2021-11-03

InTheWild.io 2021-07-23

ENISA EUVD EUVD-2016-4668

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (1)

solarwinds/virtualization_manager < 6.3.1

Published Jun 17, 2016

KEV Added Nov 03, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026