CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7456
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Description
VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.5.x though 6.1.x has an SSH private key with a publicly known password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via an SSH session.
Affected configurations
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.5.1
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.5.5
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.5.6
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.5.7
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.5.8
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.5.9
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.5.10
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.5.11
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.8.0
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.8.1
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.8.2
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.8.3
• vmware vsphere data protection 5.8.4
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.0.0
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.0.1
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.0.2
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.0.3
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.0.4
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.1.0
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.1.1
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.1.2
• vmware vsphere data protection 6.1.3
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94990 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037502 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0024.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94990 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037502 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0024.html Vendor Advisory