High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8202
CVE-2016-8202
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b could allow an authenticated attacker to elevate the privileges of user accounts accessing the system via command line interface. With affected versions, non-root users can gain root access with a combination of shell commands and parameters.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.4.1c
- cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b
Patches
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References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038401nvd
- www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208nvd
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