CVE-2025-12046 (GCVE-0-2025-12046)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-10 14:08 – Updated: 2025-12-10 15:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A DLL hijacking vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo App Store and Lenovo Browser applications that could allow a local authenticated user to execute code with elevated privileges under certain conditions.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-10 15:47 UTC
CWE
- CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
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