CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
External Security References
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CVE
CVE-2016-5709
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.7
EPSS
1.42%
Original NVD 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.