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CVE-2016-5709
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-24T17:59:03.567 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:49:54.643

Summary

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

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References

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