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Race condition in Lenovo System Update (formerly...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Race condition in Lenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.06.0034 uses world-writable permissions for the update files directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing to an update file after the signature is validated.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 12, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-2234

GHSA ID

GHSA-8frw-6498-cgq3

Source code

No known source code

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