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High · 7.8 Known exploited Public exploit CVE-2016-3643 EUVD-2016-4668GHSA-fww7-75jj-wj62

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.3.1 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo, as demon…

Published Jun 17, 2016 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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."

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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