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CVE-2018-16097
LXCI for VMware and LXCI for Microsoft System Center
Medium6.5EPSS 0.45%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- lenovo
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 60% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
- file system modification
- CWE-434 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-434 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected unspecified – < 5.5
Lenovo · LXCI for Microsoft System Center
- affected unspecified – < 3.5
What to do
Solution: Update LXCI for VMware to version 5.5 or higher. Update LXCI for Microsoft System Center to version 3.5 or higher.
References (1)
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-23800 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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