CVE-2020-8356 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-8356

An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version...

Vulnerability Description

An internal product security audit of LXCO, prior to version 1.2.2, discovered that optional passwords, if specified, for the Syslog and SMTP forwarders are written to an internal LXCO log file in clear text. 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.

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 Orchestrator
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: March 9th, 2021
Last Modified: September 16th, 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