CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-8221

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo XClarity Administrator prior to version 1.2.0. Authenticated users may access log files that contain passwords for internal administrative LXCA accounts with temporary passwords.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to administrative accounts, posing a serious security risk to the management system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Lenovo XClarity Administrator to version 1.2.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS