CVE-2016-8202
moderate-risk
Published 2017-05-08
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.
Do I need to act?
~
1.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (2)
Affected Vendors
References (8)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na...
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332
Third Party Advisory
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na...
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
4/34 · Minimal
Exposure
7/34 · Low