CVE-2015-2234

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: May 12, 2015
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Mar 6, 2015

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://www.ioactive.com/pdfs/Lenovo_System_Update_Multiple_Privilege_Escalations.pdf
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/lsu_privilege
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