CVE-2020-8355 Information disclosure in XClarity Administrator
Privileged users can inadvertently expose Windows OS credentials in service logs during driver updates, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8355?
CVE-2020-8355 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo XClarity Administrator, published on 10 Feb 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) prior to version 3.1.0 discovered the Windows OS credentials provided by the LXCA user to perform driver updates of managed systems may be captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log if the service log is generated while managed endpoints are updating. The service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCA user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCA user that requested the file and is then deleted.
Weakness: CWE-319
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8355?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lenovo Xclarity Administrator.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8355?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8355 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-8355 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8355 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Lenovo XClarity Administrator
- CVE-2016-8233 Information disclosure in XClarity Administrator
- CVE-2018-9064 Information disclosure in Lenovo xClarity Administrator
- CVE-2018-9066 Command injection in Lenovo xClarity Administrator
- CVE-2017-3770 Privilege escalation in Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA)
- CVE-2019-6158 Information disclosure in Lenovo XClarity Administrator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7mrx-fcmq-phm5.