CVE-2016-3643
HighPublished
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Published
- Jun 17, 2016
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Jun 16, 2016
Primary CVSS
7.8/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.7%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 89.2%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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."
Sources
1Nate Kettlewell · linux · Jun 16, 2016
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