CVE-2015-6971

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-6971
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-03 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-17 15:48:00 UTC
DescriptionLenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.07.0013 allows local users to submit commands to the System Update service (SUService.exe) and gain privileges by launching signed Lenovo executables.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lenovo System Update All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-018 MISC www.trustwave.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Lenovo System Update Privilege Escalation - Lenovo Support (US) CONFIRM support.lenovo.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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