{"id":"CVE-2016-5709","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-5709","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:17.969Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-06-24T17:59:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:49:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["solarwinds/virtualization manager"],"epss":{"score":0.01422,"percentile":0.72668,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137525/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Weak-Crypto.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/38","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137525/Solarwinds-Virtualization-Manager-6.3.1-Weak-Crypto.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/38","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5709","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}