cve/2016/CVE-2016-5333.md

### [CVE-2016-5333](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5333)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/vmware_shipped_public_key_with_its_photon_osforcontainers/
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/vmware_shipped_public_key_with_its_photon_osforcontainers/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.