CVE-2016-3643
Published 2016-06-17 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2016-3643 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in SolarWinds Virtualization Manager. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. SolarWinds has 11 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 2 of them linked to ransomware.
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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."
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: SolarWinds — Virtualization Manager
Name: SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- 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