CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5709

4.7 MEDIUM Published 2016-06-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-06-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• solarwinds virtualization manager (<= 6.3.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References