VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-7456

critical
Published 2016-12-29 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@vmware.com — http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2016-0024.html

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.5.1
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.5.5
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.5.6
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.5.7
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.5.8
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.5.9
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.5.10
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.5.11
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.8.0
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.8.1
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.8.2
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.8.3
vmwarevsphere_data_protection5.8.4
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.0.0
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.0.1
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.0.2
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.0.3
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.0.4
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.1.0
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.1.1
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.1.2
vmwarevsphere_data_protection6.1.3

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.