CVE-2016-8227 - 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

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HIGH

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

Published Jan 26, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.35%

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

Vendor Lenovo Group Ltd. Product Transition application Default
n/a
- Version
  all versions
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Lenovo Group Ltd.

Transition application

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
all versions	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-284

References (2)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95159
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-12508
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95159		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-12508		x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner lenovo

Published Jan 26, 2017

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 16, 2016

Link CVE-2016-8227

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-8227

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-8227