CVE-2020-8355 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-8355

An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA)...

Vulnerability Description

An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) prior to version 3.1.0 discovered the Windows OS credentials provided by the LXCA user to perform driver updates of managed systems may be captured in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log if the service log is generated while managed endpoints are updating. The service log is only generated when requested by a privileged LXCA user and it is only accessible to the privileged LXCA user that requested the file and is then deleted.

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

Affected Software

XClarity Administrator
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: February 10th, 2021
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-319

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1040 Network Sniffing
Collection
T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle
Credential Access
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1071 Application Layer Protocol
Command and Control