Privilege Escalation in Lenovo Products Due to Local Account Permissions Misconfiguration
CVE-2023-29057

7.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Lenovo
Status
Xclarity Controller
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 April 2023

Summary

A misconfiguration in certain Lenovo products allows a valid XCC user's local account permissions to override their Active Directory permissions. This occurs under specific conditions where LDAP is configured for authentication and authorization, and the login sequence is set to 'Local First, then LDAP'. This configuration can lead to unauthorized access and privilege escalation, putting sensitive data and systems at risk.

Affected Version(s)

XClarity Controller Refer to Mitigation strategy section in LEN-118321

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-118321

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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