What is CVE-2018-16097?

CVE-2018-16097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Lxci For Microsoft System Center, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2018-16097?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Lenovo Lxci For Microsoft System Center

CVE-2018-16097

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.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.005 (36.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Lenovo Lxci For Microsoft System Center — versions unspecified
Lenovo Lxci For Vmware — versions unspecified
Lenovo Xclarity_integrator

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

psirt@lenovo.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16097?: CVE-2018-16097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Lxci For Microsoft System Center, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2018-16097?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.