Lenovo Installation Package prior 1.2.9.3 untrusted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo Installation Package. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Installation. Such manipulation leads to untrusted search path. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-6196. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo Installation Package. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Installation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-426. The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A symbolic link vulnerability in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, could allow privileged file operations during file extraction and installation.

The weakness was presented 06/09/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6196 since 01/11/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.

Upgrading to version 1.2.9.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-156427 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Untrusted search path
CWE: CWE-426
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Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Installation Package 1.2.9.3

Timelineinfo

01/11/2019 🔍
06/09/2020 +515 days 🔍
06/10/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/23/2020 +135 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-6196 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6196
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-156428
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2020 11:27
Updated: 10/23/2020 16:13
Changes: 06/10/2020 11:27 (38), 06/10/2020 11:32 (11), 10/23/2020 16:13 (1)
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