CVE-2025-8421 (GCVE-0-2025-8421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-12 19:17 – Updated: 2025-11-12 21:03
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Summary
An improper default permission vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Dock Manager that, under certain conditions during installation, could allow an authenticated local user to redirect log files with elevated privileges.
Severity ?
5.2 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Lenovo Dock Manager Affected: 0 , < 1.6.5.2 (custom)
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Credits
Lenovo thanks Sheikh Rishad for reporting this issue.
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