7.8high
CVE-2016-8223
During an internal security review, Lenovo identified a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo System Interface Foundation soft…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 24%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
During an internal security review, Lenovo identified a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo System Interface Foundation software installed on some Windows 10 PCs where a user with local privileges could run arbitrary code with administrator level privileges.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.31% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Lenovo Group Ltd. All ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation and Lenovo-branded systems preloaded with the Windows 10 operating system, or any system running Lenovo Companion, Lenovo Settings, or Lenovo ID.
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
References
- support.lenovo.com /us/en/solutions/LEN_10150 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/94597 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8223
- NVD: CVE-2016-8223
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