CVE-2016-8235 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Privilege escalation in Lenovo Customer Care Software Development Kit (CCSDK) versions earlier than 2.0.16.3 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.

Published: 2017-04-10

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.

Customer Care Software Development Kit (CCSDK)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Earlier than 2.0.16.3`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:customer_care_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-9083	Privilege escalation in Lenovo Customer Care Software Development Kit (CCSDK) versions earlier than 2.0.16.3 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 Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97543
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-11340

History

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Subscriptions

Lenovo Customer Care Software Development Kit

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published: 2017-04-10T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.877Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-8235

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-10T19:59:00.173

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

Link: CVE-2016-8235

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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