7.8

CVE-2016-8223: lenovo group ltd. all thinkpad, thinkcentre, thinkstation and lenovo-branded systems preloaded with the windows 10 operating system, or any system running lenovo companion, lenovo settings, or lenovo id. Improper Access Control

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
Published 29-11-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8223 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Access Control vulnerability in lenovo group ltd. all thinkpad, thinkcentre, thinkstation and lenovo-branded systems preloaded with the windows 10 operating system, or any system running lenovo companion, lenovo settings, or lenovo id.. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.31%
0%100%
Low · -0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-11-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

During an internal security review, Lenovo identified a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo System Interface Foundation software installed on some Windows 10 PCs where a user with local privileges could run arbitrary code with administrator level privileges.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.05 pp

From 0.36% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.31%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Lenovo1 product
Lenovo group ltd.1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links