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CVE-2016-8225 (GCVE-0-2016-8225)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-26 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Unquoted service path privilege escalation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Lenovo Group Ltd. Edge and Slim USB Keyboard Driver Affected: Earlier than 1.21
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Date Public
2016-12-15 00:00
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