CVE-2016-5333

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-798

Description

VMware Photos OS OVA 1.0 before 2016-08-14 has a default SSH public key in an authorized_keys file, which allows remote attackers to obtain SSH access by leveraging knowledge of the private key.

Affected products

Photon OS: through 1.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92474
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036628
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/vmware_shipped_public_key_with_its_photon_osforcontainers/
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0012.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92474
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036628
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/vmware_shipped_public_key_with_its_photon_osforcontainers/
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0012.html

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