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CVE-2016-3643

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)HIGH

7.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score29.4840%

EPSS Percentile86.34th

PublishedJun 17, 2016

Last ModifiedApr 21, 2026

Vulnerability 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."

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Solarwinds

Virtualization Manager

<= 6.3.1

References & Advisories

🔗 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.html

🔗 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26

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

🔗 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.html

🔗 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26

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

🔗 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3643

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