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CVE-2016-3643

Critical 🇺🇸 CISA KEV ⚡ Exploit Available
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — SolarWinds Virtualization Manager allows for privilege escalation through leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo.
Published: Nov 3, 2021  ·  Source: CISA_KEV
CVSS v3
9.0
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — SolarWinds Virtualization Manager allows for privilege escalation through leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager contains a privilege escalation vulnerability through misconfigured sudo permissions, allowing attackers to gain elevated system access. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) affects virtualization infrastructure management across organizations.

📄 Description (Arabic)

ثغرة تصعيد امتيازات في SolarWinds Virtualization Manager تنتج عن تكوين خاطئ لأذونات sudo. يمكن للمهاجمين استغلال هذه الثغرة للحصول على امتيازات إدارية على أنظمة إدارة المحاكاة الافتراضية.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

مدير المحاكاة الافتراضية من SolarWinds يحتوي على ثغرة تصعيد امتيازات من خلال أذونات sudo غير المكونة بشكل صحيح. تسمح هذه الثغرة الحرجة للمهاجمين بالحصول على وصول النظام المرتفع.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 26, 2026 21:32
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
banking telecom energy government healthcare
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Immediately update SolarWinds Virtualization Manager to the latest patched version. Review and restrict sudo configurations to principle of least privilege. Implement access controls limiting sudo usage to specific commands only. Monitor sudo logs for unauthorized escalation attempts. Disable unnecessary sudo permissions for service accounts.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بتحديث مدير المحاكاة الافتراضية من SolarWinds فوراً إلى أحدث إصدار مصحح. راجع وقيد تكوينات sudo لمبدأ أقل امتياز. طبق ضوابط الوصول التي تقصر استخدام sudo على أوامر محددة فقط. راقب سجلات sudo للمحاولات غير المصرح بها. عطل أذونات sudo غير الضرورية لحسابات الخدمة.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
5.1.1 5.1.2 5.2.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
AC-2 AC-3 AC-6
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.9.1.1 A.9.2.1 A.9.2.5
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
SolarWinds:Virtualization Manager
📊 CVSS Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Critical
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Critical
CVSS Score9.0
EPSS5.42%
Exploit ✓ Yes
Patch ✓ Yes
CISA KEV🇺🇸 Yes
KEV Due Date2022-05-03
Published 2021-11-03
Source Feed cisa_kev
Views 5
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
9.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
kev actively-exploited
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