Clear text storage of Windows OS credentials in LXCA version 2.6.0 during Windows driver updates

Clear text storage of Windows OS credentials in LXCA version 2.6.0 during Windows driver updates

CVE-2019-19756 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) discovered Windows OS credentials, used to perform driver updates of managed systems, being written to a log file in clear text. This only affects LXCA version 2.6.0 when performing a Windows driver update. Affected logs are only accessible to authorized users in the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) service log and log files on LXCA.

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