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CVE-2020-8342 (GCVE-0-2020-8342)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-15 14:20 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:01
VLAI
Summary
A race condition vulnerability was reported in Lenovo System Update prior to version 5.07.0106 that could allow escalation of privilege.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Lenovo System Update Affected: unspecified , < 5.07.0106 (custom)
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Date Public
2020-09-15 00:00
Credits
Lenovo thanks Security Advisor, Anders Kusk, Improsec ApS for reporting this issue.
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