CVE-2016-5249
Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) before 3.3.003 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges via vectors involving the LSC.Services.SystemService StartProxy command with a named pipe created in advance and crafted .NET assembly.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) before 3.3.003 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges via vectors involving the LSC.Services.SystemService StartProxy command with a named pipe created in advance and crafted .NET assembly.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- lenovo/solution center
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_7814Vendor Advisory
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2016-012/?fid=8073
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_7814Vendor Advisory
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2016-012/?fid=8073
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.