CVE-2016-8221 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo XClarity Administrator versions prior to 1.2.0. When managing rack switches or chassis with embedded IOMs, authenticated users could view log files containing temporary administrative LXCA account passwords. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with high complexity, but leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:xclarity_administrator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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