CVE-2016-8202 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Fabric OS versions prior to v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b. An authenticated, non-root attacker can exploit this flaw via the command line interface to gain root access. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.4.1cCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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