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CVE-2016-8227

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and Miix systems running Windows allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.

Affected products

• Lenovo Group Ltd. Transition application: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95159
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-12508
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95159
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-12508

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