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CVE-2016-3643: SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2016-3643
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager allows for privilege escalation through leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: SolarWindsproduct: Virtualization ManagerPrivilege escalation
What
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists due to a misconfiguration of sudo.
Who is affected
Deployments of SolarWinds Virtualization Manager.
Urgency
Immediate remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is critical and actively exploited.
Action
Reconfigure sudo settings and apply any available updates.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2021-11-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3643

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2016-3643coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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