THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-8237
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-8237

Updates vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Remote code execution in Lenovo Updates (not Lenovo System Update) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Affected vendor
Lenovo
Affected product
Updates
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2017-04-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-8237

  • Confirm whether Lenovo Updates is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-8237.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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