PT-2016-5769 · Lenovo · Lenovo Accelerator Application

Chris Czub + 2 · Published 2016-06-03 · Updated 2016-06-07 · CVE-2016-3944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lenovo Accelerator Application (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by spoofing an update response from the susapi.lenovomm.com API endpoint. This is due to a flaw in the UpdateAgent component.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3944

Affected Products

Lenovo Accelerator Application

References · 3

• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_6718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3944 · Security Note
• https://duo.com/blog/out-of-box-exploitation-a-security-analysis-of-oem-updaters · Note