Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Lenovo XClarity Administrator
CVE-2017-3770

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Lenovo
Status
Lenovo Xclarity Administrator (lxca)
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 September 2017

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Lenovo XClarity Administrator, allowing authenticated users to exploit specific web interface functionalities. This issue potentially permits them to execute commands with elevated privileges on the underlying LXCA operating system. It is critical for users of affected LXCA versions to update to version 1.3.2 to mitigate this security risk.

Affected Version(s)

Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) Earlier than 1.3.2

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-16333
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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