VDB-88558 · CVE-2016-5249 · Qualys 370079

Lenovo Solution Center up to 3.3 LSC.Services.SystemService StartProxy access control

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A vulnerability was found in Lenovo Solution Center up to 3.3. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component LSC.Services.SystemService StartProxy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) before 3.3.003 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges via vectors involving the LSC.Services.SystemService StartProxy command with a named pipe created in advance and crafted .NET assembly.

The weakness was presented 06/30/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at trustwave.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-5249 since 06/03/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370079 (Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) Arbitrary Process Termination and Code Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 3.3.003 eliminates this vulnerability.

See 88557 for similar entry.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Solution Center 3.3.003

Timelineinfo

06/03/2016 🔍
06/30/2016 +27 days 🔍
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07/04/2016 +4 days 🔍
02/15/2019 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: trustwave.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5249 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2016 10:08
Updated: 02/15/2019 16:08
Changes: 07/04/2016 10:08 (51), 02/15/2019 16:08 (10)
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