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CVE-2015-8109

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

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."

Affected products

• Lenovo System Update: through 5.07.0013

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98039
• https://ioactive.com/pdfs/IOActive_Advisory_Lenovo_SystemUpdate-Insecure-Random-Admin-Password.pdf
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/lsu_privilege
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98039
• https://ioactive.com/pdfs/IOActive_Advisory_Lenovo_SystemUpdate-Insecure-Random-Admin-Password.pdf
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/lsu_privilege

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