Multiple Lenovo Products CVE-2017-5691 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:100493

Info

Multiple Lenovo Products CVE-2017-5691 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 100493
Class: Configuration Error
CVE: CVE-2017-5691
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 27 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 27 2017 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor reported the issue.
Vulnerable: Lenovo ThinkStation 0
Lenovo ThinkServer 0
Lenovo Thinkpad 0
Lenovo IdeaPad 0
Lenovo Desktop - All in One 0
Lenovo Desktop 0
Intel Xeon® E3-1500M v5 0
Intel Xeon® E3-1200 v6 0
Intel Xeon® E3-1200 v5 0
Intel Xeon® E3- 1500M v6 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Lenovo Products CVE-2017-5691 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Multiple Lenovo Products are prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker can leverage this issue to gain elevated privileges.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Lenovo Products CVE-2017-5691 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Multiple Lenovo Products CVE-2017-5691 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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