CVE-2015-6971

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Lenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.07.0013 allows local users to submit commands to the System Update service (SUService.exe) and gain privileges by launching signed Lenovo executables.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-6971
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-10-03T01:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-10-17T15:48:34
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-77 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:system_update:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.06.0034
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-018/?fid=7172 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/lsu_privilege Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6971
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6971
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:57:54 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:33:42 2017-10-03T01:29Z 2017-10-03T01:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 21:33:42 2017-10-17T15:48:34 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 21:33:42 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated