{"id":"CVE-2016-8202","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8202","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:46:59.179Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2017-05-08T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"sirt@brocade.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["broadcom/fabric operating system"],"epss":{"score":0.03051,"percentile":0.87501,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"sirt@brocade.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038401","source":"sirt@brocade.com"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03739en_us","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"sirt@brocade.com"},{"url":"https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208","source":"sirt@brocade.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98332","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038401","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03739en_us","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/security-advisories/brocade-security-advisory-2017-208","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8202","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}