VDB-88557 · CVE-2016-5248 · Qualys 370079

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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo Solution Center up to 3.3. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is the function StopProxy of the component LSC.Services.SystemService. Performing a manipulation of the argument PID results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-5248. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo Solution Center up to 3.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function StopProxy of the component LSC.Services.SystemService. The manipulation of the argument PID with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The StopProxy command in LSC.Services.SystemService in Lenovo Solution Center before 3.3.003 allows local users to terminate arbitrary process via the PID argument.

The weakness was disclosed 06/30/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at trustwave.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5248 since 06/03/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Solution Center 3.3.003

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

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Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: trustwave.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5248 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5248
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88557
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Created: 07/04/2016 10:08
Updated: 02/15/2019 16:07
Changes: 07/04/2016 10:08 (53), 02/15/2019 16:07 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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