CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-3643

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2016-06-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — SolarWinds Virtualization Manager

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager allows for privilege escalation through leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo.

Added to KEV
2021-11-03
Remediation due
2022-05-03
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3643
Status
Analyzed
Published
2016-06-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264

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 configurations

• solarwinds virtualization manager (<= 6.3.1)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References