High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-8221
CVE-2016-8221
Description
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.
Affected products
2- Lenovo Group Ltd./XClarity Administrator (LXCA)v5Range: 1.2.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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