VDB-95251 · CVE-2016-8221 · BID 95417

Lenovo XClarity Administrator 1.2.0 LXCA Password access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Lenovo XClarity Administrator 1.2.0. This affects an unknown part of the component LXCA. This manipulation causes access control (Password). This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-8221. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Lenovo XClarity Administrator 1.2.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component LXCA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (Password). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/12/2017. The weakness was released 01/12/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-8221 since 09/16/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 95417†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Password
Class: Access control / Password
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-8221 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8221
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95251
SecurityFocus: 95417 - Lenovo XClarity Administrator CVE-2016-8221 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8221 - Lenovo - LXCA - Privilege Escalation Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 01/13/2017 08:10
Changes: 01/13/2017 08:10 (64)
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Cache ID: 216:09C:103

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