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CVE-2016-3643: SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager · in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03
2021-11-03added to KEV
2022-05-03federal remediation due date
3.67%EPSS exploit probability (30 days) 89.2th percentile
7.8 HIGHCVSS 3.1
Unknownknown ransomware use
1,965days from NVD publication to KEV
What it is
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager allows for privilege escalation through leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
| CWE | CWE-264 |
|---|---|
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD published | 2016-06-17 (Analyzed) |
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