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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.

Published

2017-01-12T22:59:00.220

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	lenovo	xclarity_administrator	≤ 1.1.1	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)