CVE-2016-5249 — Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) before 3.3.003 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges via vectors involving the LSC.Services.SystemService StartProxy command with a named pipe created in advance and crafted .NET assembly

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HIGH

Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) before 3.3.003 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges via vectors involving the LSC.Services.SystemService StartProxy command with a named pipe created in advance and crafted .NET assembly

Published Jun 30, 2016

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.64%

Description

Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) before 3.3.003 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges via vectors involving the LSC.Services.SystemService StartProxy command with a named pipe created in advance and crafted .NET assembly.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.64% 0.00638

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00638

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.64% (0.00638)	48.68th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.64% (0.00638)	45.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00032)	5.90th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.10% (0.01102)	53.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 15, 2022	1.10% (0.01102)	51.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.10% (0.01102)	49.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.10% (0.01102)	28.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_7814
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2016-012/?fid=8073
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_7814		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2016-012/?fid=8073		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 30, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 3, 2016

Link CVE-2016-5249

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-5249

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-5249