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CVE-2016-5709

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.3.1 and earlier uses weak encryption to store passwords in /etc/shadow, which allows local users with superuser privileges to obtain user passwords via a brute force attack.

Affected products

• SolarWinds Virtualization Manager: through 6.3.1

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137525/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Weak-Crypto.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/38
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137525/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Weak-Crypto.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/38

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