CVE-2016-5709 describes a weakness in SolarWinds Virtualization Manager versions 6.3.1 and earlier, where user passwords stored in /etc/shadow are protected by weak encryption. This vulnerability allows a local attacker with superuser privileges to potentially recover user passwords through a brute-force attack. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.7 (MEDIUM), the attack requires high access complexity and low privileges, but could lead to a complete compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:virtualization_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.