PT-2016-6369
CVE-2016-5333
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Published
2016-08-31
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Updated
2017-08-16
Description by
CVSS 3.1
9.8
CriticalMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
VMware Photos OS OVA version 1.0 before 2016-08-14
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to obtain SSH access by leveraging knowledge of the private key, due to a default SSH public key in an authorized keys file.
Recommendations
For VMware Photos OS OVA version 1.0 before 2016-08-14, update to a version released after 2016-08-14 to replace the default SSH public key in the authorized keys file.
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