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High severity · published May 8, 2017
CVE-2016-8202
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…
8.8
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FO
Fabric Operating System · Broadcom
through 7.4.1c; 8.0.1 · source: NVD
Affected product
FO
Fabric Operating System
Broadcom
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8202
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8202
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038401
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03739en_us
www.broadcom.com
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208
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