CVE-2018-16097 (GCVE-0-2018-16097)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-30 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:17
VLAI
Title
LXCI for VMware and LXCI for Microsoft System Center
Summary
LXCI for VMware versions prior to 5.5 and LXCI for Microsoft System Center versions prior to 3.5, allow an authenticated user to write to any system file due to insufficient sanitization during the upload of a certificate.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • file system modification
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Lenovo LXCI for VMware Affected: unspecified , < 5.5 (custom)
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Lenovo LXCI for Microsoft System Center Affected: unspecified , < 3.5 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-11-30 00:00
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