# CVE-2017-3745: Information disclosure in XClarity Administrator

> Non-admin users can access sensitive password data for local LDAP accounts, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h6cc-cf9q-cgxh

## What is CVE-2017-3745?

CVE-2017-3745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Group Ltd. XClarity Administrator, published on 20 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) before 1.3.0, if service data is downloaded from LXCA, a non-administrative user may have access to password information for users that have previously authenticated to the LXCA's internal LDAP server, including administrative accounts and service accounts with administrative privileges. This is an issue only for users who have used local authentication with LXCA and not remote authentication against external LDAP or ADFS servers.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3745?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lenovo Xclarity Administrator.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3745?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3745 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3745 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo Group Ltd. XClarity Administrator

- [CVE-2016-8233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8233/): Information disclosure in XClarity Administrator (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-9064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9064/): Information disclosure in Lenovo xClarity Administrator (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-9066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-9066/): Command injection in Lenovo xClarity Administrator (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-3770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3770/): Privilege escalation in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-6158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6158/): Information disclosure in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3745 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3745 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Group Ltd. XClarity Administrator, published on 20 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3745 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lenovo Group Ltd. XClarity Administrator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3745/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3745/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3745
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3745
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3745

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