CVE-2016-5333 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware Photos OS OVA 1.0 before 2016-08-14 has a default SSH public key in an authorized_keys file, which allows remote attackers to obtain SSH access by leveraging knowledge of the private key.

Published: 2016-08-31

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:vmware:photon_os:*:2016-08-14:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6284	VMware Photos OS OVA 1.0 before 2016-08-14 has a default SSH public key in an authorized_keys file, which allows remote attackers to obtain SSH access by leveraging knowledge of the private key.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01586.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92474
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036628
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/vmware_shipped_public_key_with_its_photon_osforcontainers/
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0012.html

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Photon Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-31T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:00:59.971Z

Reserved: 2016-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5333

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-31T01:59:17.310

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5333

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-798

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