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CVE-2021-3417

MEDIUMCVSS 4.9/10EPSS 0.54%

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CVE-2021-3417 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.9/10 on the CVSS scale. An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, discovered that credentials for Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA), if added as a Resource Manager, are encoded then written to an internal LXCO log file each time a session is established with LXCA. Affected logs are captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, discovered that credentials for Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA), if added as a Resource Manager, are encoded then written to an internal LXCO log file each time a session is established with LXCA. Affected logs are captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log. The FFDC service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCO user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCO user that requested the file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
4.9/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Probability
0.54%

41.4th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
LenovoXclarity Orchestrator< 1.2.2

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-3417?
An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, discovered that credentials for Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA), if added as a Resource Manager, are encoded then written to an internal LXCO log file each time a session is established with LXCA. Affected logs are captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log. The FFDC service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCO user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCO user that requested the file.
How severe is CVE-2021-3417?
CVE-2021-3417 has a CVSS score of 4.9/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.54% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2021-3417?
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Source: NVD / NIST