CVE-2016-5335 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting VMware Identity Manager 2.x and vRealize Automation 7.0.x, allowing a local attacker to gain root access through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this low-complexity attack could lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.0, < 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0, < 7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.