CVE-2016-8221

7.0 highEPSS 0.3%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.0 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 23% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2017-01-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

lenovo:xclarity_administrator

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605

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