CVE-2016-8221

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.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:xclarity_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-01-12 22:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-8221

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8221

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-8221

JSON object : View

Products Affected

lenovo

xclarity_administrator

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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