High severity · published Jan 12, 2017
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…
7.0
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XA
Xclarity Administrator · Lenovo
through 1.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8221
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8221
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417
Patch
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605
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