First published: Wed Aug 31 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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VMware Photon OS | <=1.0 |
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CVE-2016-5333 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to its potential for allowing unauthorized SSH access.
To mitigate CVE-2016-5333, you should replace the default SSH public key in the authorized_keys file with a unique key.
CVE-2016-5333 affects users of VMware Photon OS version 1.0 before the patch released on 2016-08-14.
CVE-2016-5333 enables remote attackers to gain unauthorized SSH access using the default public key.
While the best approach is to update the system, a temporary workaround includes disabling SSH access until a proper key rotation is performed.