High severity · published Nov 29, 2016
CVE-2016-8223
During an internal security review, Lenovo identified a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo System Interface Foundation software installed on some Windows 10 PCs…
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
During an internal security review, Lenovo identified a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo System Interface Foundation software installed on some Windows 10 PCs where a user with local privileges could run arbitrary code with administrator level privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SI
System Interface Foundation · Lenovo
through 1.0.66.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8223
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8223
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94597
Patch
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN_10150
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