CVE-2016-8221 — Privilege Escalation in Lenovo XClarity Administrator earlier than 1.2.0, if LXCA is used to manage rack switches or chassis with embedded input/output modules (IOMs), certain log files viewable by authenticated users may contain passwords for internal administrative LXCA accounts with temporary passwords that are used internally by LXCA code

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Privilege Escalation in Lenovo XClarity Administrator earlier than 1.2.0, if LXCA is used to manage rack switches or chassis with embedded input/output modules (IOMs), certain log files viewable by authenticated users may contain passwords for internal administrative LXCA accounts with temporary passwords that are used internally by LXCA code

Published Jan 12, 2017

7.0

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.31%

Description

Privilege Escalation in Lenovo XClarity Administrator earlier than 1.2.0, if LXCA is used to manage rack switches or chassis with embedded input/output modules (IOMs), certain log files viewable by authenticated users may contain passwords for internal administrative LXCA accounts with temporary passwords that are used internally by LXCA code.

Affected products

Vendor Lenovo Group Ltd. Product XClarity Administrator (LXCA) Default
n/a
- Version
  1.2.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Lenovo Group Ltd.

XClarity Administrator (LXCA)

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
1.2.0	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.31% 0.00307

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00307

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.31% (0.00307)	21.26th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.30% (0.00305)	21.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00057)	14.99th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95417		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN_10605		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner lenovo

Published Jan 12, 2017

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 16, 2016

Link CVE-2016-8221

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-8221

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-8221