{"id":"CVE-2018-16098","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16098","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:05:41.450Z","title":"In some Lenovo ThinkPads, an unquoted search path vulnerability was found in various versions of the Synaptics Pointing Device driver which could allow unauthorized code execution as a low privilege user.","description":"In some Lenovo ThinkPads, an unquoted search path vulnerability was found in various versions of the Synaptics Pointing Device driver which could allow unauthorized code execution as a low privilege user.","published":"2019-01-24T22:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:43:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@lenovo.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-428"],"affected":["lenovo/synaptics thinkpad ultranav driver","lenovo/thinkpad helix firmware","lenovo/thiankpad l430 firmware","lenovo/thiankpad l530 firmware","lenovo/thiankpad p1 firmware","lenovo/thiankpad x1 extreme firmware","lenovo/thiankpad p50s firmware","lenovo/thiankpad p51 firmware","lenovo/thiankpad p51s firmware","lenovo/thiankpad p52s firmware","lenovo/thiankpad p70 firmware","lenovo/thiankpad s1 yoga firmware","lenovo/thiankpad s430 firmware","lenovo/thiankpad t420 firmware","lenovo/thiankpad t420i firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t420s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t420si firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t430s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t430i firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t431s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t440 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t440s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t440p firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t460s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t470 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t470s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t520 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t520i firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t530 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t530i firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t540 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t540p firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t550 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t560 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t570 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad t580 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad twist firmware","lenovo/thinkpad s230u firmware","lenovo/thinkpad w530 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad w540 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad w541 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad w550s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x1 carbon firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x1 yoga firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x1 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x1 hybrid firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x220 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x220i firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x220 tablet firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x230 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x230i firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x230 tablet firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x230i tablet firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x230s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x240s firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x240 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x250 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad x280 firmware","lenovo/thinkpad yoga 11e firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00397,"percentile":0.33747,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24573","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"psirt@lenovo.com"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/bg/en/product_security/len-24573","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24573","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16098","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}