CVE-2016-8221

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Lenovo
Status
Xclarity Administrator (lxca)
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 January 2017

Summary

Privilege Escalation in Lenovo XClarity Administrator earlier than 1.2.0, if LXCA is used to manage rack switches or chassis with embedded input/output modules (IOMs), certain log files viewable by authenticated users may contain passwords for internal administrative LXCA accounts with temporary passwords that are used internally by LXCA code.

Affected Version(s)

XClarity Administrator (LXCA) 1.2.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417
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https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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