CVE-2016-8225 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unquoted service path vulnerability in Lenovo Edge and Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard Driver versions earlier than 1.21 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.

Published: 2017-01-26

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Lenovo Group Ltd.

Edge and Slim USB Keyboard Driver

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Earlier than 1.21`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:edge_keyboard_driver::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:slim_usb_keyboard_driver::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-9073	Unquoted service path vulnerability in Lenovo Edge and Lenovo Slim USB Keyboard Driver versions earlier than 1.21 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00058.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95842
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-11588

History

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Subscriptions

Lenovo Edge Keyboard Driver Slim Usb Keyboard Driver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published: 2017-01-26T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.889Z

Reserved: 2016-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8225

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-26T17:59:00.133

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-8225

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-428

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