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SolarWinds Virtualization Manager <= 6.3.1 Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 154954

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Synopsis

The remote SolarWinds Virtualization Manager server is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The remote SolarWinds Virtualization Manager server is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. 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.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to SolarWinds Virtualization Manager version 6.3.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4ba20df0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154954

File Name: solarwinds_virtualization_manager_6_3_1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/8/2021

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3643

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:solarwinds:virtualization_manager

Required KB Items: installed_sw/SolarWinds Virtualization Manager

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2016

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3643