Actively exploited · Published Jun 17, 2016 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2016-3643
High 7.8 Exploited
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Virtualization Manager from SolarWinds. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on November 3, 2021). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.7% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.7%top 10.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Nov 3, 2021
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.
Official description
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.3.1 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo, as demonstrated by "sudo cat /etc/passwd."
Affected products (as reported)
References
- 39967 exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- 20160615 CVE-2016-3643 - Misconfiguration of sudo in Solarwinds Virtualization Manager mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3643 government-resource