Information disclosure in Solarwinds Virtualization Manager

CVE-2016-5709

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2016-5709: held from 0.014 to 0.014.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5709?
CVE-2016-5709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Virtualization Manager, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2016-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2016-5709?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.