PT-2019-9204 · Synaptics+1 · Synaptics Pointing Device Driver+1

Published 2019-01-24 · Updated 2019-05-08 · CVE-2018-16098

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Description An unquoted search path issue was discovered in the Synaptics Pointing Device driver of certain Lenovo ThinkPads, potentially allowing unauthorized code execution with low privilege user rights.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-428

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16098

Affected Products

Lenovo Thinkpad

Synaptics Pointing Device Driver

References · 4

• https://support.lenovo.com/bg/en/product_security/len-24573 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16098 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16098 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24573 · Note