CVE-2015-8109

HIGH 7.0CVE-2015-8109 · Published 24/04/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-8109 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability affecting lenovo system update (lenovo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.37%, higher than 31.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
lenovo system update lenovo	`≤ 5.07.0013`	No fix yet

Description

Lenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.07.0019 allows local users to gain privileges by making a prediction of tvsu_tmp_xxxxxXXXXX account credentials that requires knowledge of the time that this account was created, aka a "temporary administrator account vulnerability."

References

securityfocus.com/bid/98039
ioactive.com/pdfs/IOActive_Advisory_Lenovo_SystemUpdate-Insecure-Random-Admin-Password.pdf · Exploit
support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/lsu_privilege · Vendor Advisory

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