CVE-2016-7456

EPSS 32.8%

Vexday Risk Score

30Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Attend

PoC available → attend closely

Exploit maturity

Functional exploit

Automatable exploit available (Nuclei/Metasploit).

CVSS —EPSS 32.8%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit simPatch —

Lifecycle

20 Dec 2016Metasploit module available

29 Dec 2016Published on NVD

Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.

VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) 5.5.x though 6.1.x has an SSH private key with a publicly known password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain login access via an SSH session.

Affected products

n/a · n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94990 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037502 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0024.html