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 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 v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03739en_us	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038401
https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system:8.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:fabric_operating_system::::::::

Information

Published : 2017-05-08 11:29

Updated : 2021-06-22 08:20

NVD link : CVE-2016-8202

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8202

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

broadcom

fabric_operating_system

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