CVE-2016-8202 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-8202

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

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Affected Software

Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS).
Vulnerable Versions:
Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b

Timeline

Official Publish: May 8th, 2017
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.