CVE-2016-8227 (GCVE-0-2016-8227)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-26 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13
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Summary
Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and Miix systems running Windows allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • Privilege escalation
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Date Public ?
2016-12-29 00:00
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