CVE-2016-8202
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b could allow an authenticated attacker to elevate the privileges of user accounts accessing the system…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Brocade Fibre Channel SAN products running Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) releases earlier than v7.4.1d and v8.0.1b could allow an authenticated attacker to elevate the privileges of user accounts accessing the system via command line interface. With affected versions, non-root users can gain root access with a combination of shell commands and parameters.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.05% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- broadcom/fabric operating system
- Source
- sirt@brocade.com
EPSS 3.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038401
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03739en_usThird Party Advisory
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038401
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03739en_usThird Party Advisory
- https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.