Solarwinds Virtualization Manager

vendor:

by:

Nate Kettlewell, Depth Security

7,8

CVSS

HIGH

Security Misconfiguration

269

CWE

Product Name: Solarwinds Virtualization Manager

Affected Version From: < 6.3.1

Affected Version To: 6.3.1

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2016-3643

CPE: a:solarwinds:virtualization_manager

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: None

2016

Solarwinds Virtualization Manager

Depth Security discovered a vulnerability in Solarwinds Virtualization Manager appliance. This attack requires a user to have an operating system shell on the vulnerable appliance. The vulnerability exists due to the miconfiguration of sudo in that it allows any local user to use sudo to execute commands as the superuser. A local attacker can obtain root privileges to the operating system regardless of privilege level.

Mitigation:

Solarwinds has released a hotfix to remediate this vulnerability on existing installations.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Product: Solarwinds Virtualization Manager

Vendor: Solarwinds
Vulnerable Version(s): < 6.3.1
Tested Version: 6.3.1

Vendor Notification: April 25th, 2016
Vendor Patch Availability to Customers: June 1st, 2016
Public Disclosure: June 14th, 2016

Vulnerability Type: Security Misconfiguration
CVE Reference: CVE-2016-3643
Risk Level: High
CVSSv2 Base Score: 7.8 (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:W/RC:C/CR:M/IR:M/AR:M/MAV:L/MAC:L/MPR:L/MUI:N/MS:C/MC:H/MI:H/MA:H)
Solution Status: Solution Available

Discovered and Provided: Nate Kettlewell, Depth Security ( https://www.depthsecurity.com/ )

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Advisory Details:

Depth Security discovered a vulnerability in Solarwinds Virtualization Manager appliance.
This attack requires a user to have an operating system shell on the vulnerable appliance.

1) Misconfiguration of sudo in Solarwinds Virtualization Manager: CVE-2016-3643

The vulnerability exists due to the miconfiguration of sudo in that it allows any local user to use sudo to execute commands as the superuser.
A local attacker can obtain root privileges to the operating system regardless of privilege level.

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Solution:

Solarwinds has released a hotfix to remediate this vulnerability on existing installations.

This flaw as well as several others have been corrected and that release has been put into manufacturing for new appliances.

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Proof of Concept:

The following is an example of the commands necessary for a low-privileged user to dump the contents of the "/etc/shadow" file by using sudo.

sudo cat /etc/passwd

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References:

[1] Solarwinds Virtualization Manager- http://www.solarwinds.com/virtualization-manager - Solarwinds Virtualization Manager provides monitoring and remediation for virtualized environments.