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CVE-2016-8202

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d an…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.1%
percentile 88%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.05% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS).

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • securitytracker.com /id/1038401 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • h20566.www2.hpe.com /hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03739en_us · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/98332 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • broadcom.com /support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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