Xclarity Administrator
CVE-2019-6158
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A09:2025 - Security Logging & Alerting Failures
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Log data sanitization
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| Impact | CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) discovered HTTP proxy credentials being written to a log file in clear text. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-532. An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) discovered HTTP proxy credentials being written to a log file in clear text. This only affects LXCA when HTTP proxy credentials have been configured. This affects LXCA versions 2.0.0 to 2.3.x. Affected products include: Lenovo Xclarity Administrator.
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AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) discovered HTTP proxy credentials being written to a log file in clear text. This only affects LXCA when HTTP proxy credentials have been configured. This affects LXCA versions 2.0.0 to 2.3.x.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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