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CVE-2021-3969 (GCVE-0-2021-3969)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-05-18 16:10 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09
VLAI
Summary
A Time of Check Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability was reported in IMController, a software component of Lenovo System Interface Foundation, prior to version 1.1.20.3that could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 IMController Affected: unspecified , < 1.1.20.3 (custom)
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Credits
Lenovo thanks Rick Veldhoven from Fox-IT, part of NCC Group for reporting this issue.
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