Lenovo System Interface Foundation LenovoSystemUpdatePlugin privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo System Interface Foundation. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component LenovoSystemUpdatePlugin. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-8318. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo System Interface Foundation (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component LenovoSystemUpdatePlugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in the LenovoSystemUpdatePlugin for Lenovo System Interface Foundation prior to version that could allow an authenticated user to execute code with elevated privileges.

The weakness was disclosed 04/14/2020. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-8318 since 01/28/2020. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-153170, VDB-153169 and VDB-153168 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/28/2020 🔍
04/14/2020 +77 days 🔍
04/15/2020 +1 days 🔍
05/09/2025 +1850 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: support.lenovo.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-8318 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-8318
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-153167
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/15/2020 08:38
Updated: 05/09/2025 03:34
Changes: 04/15/2020 08:38 (35), 04/15/2020 08:43 (11), 05/19/2024 11:55 (16), 05/19/2024 12:02 (19), 05/09/2025 03:34 (3)
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