CVE-2019-6196 - A symbolic link vulnerability in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, could allow privileged file operations during file extraction and installation

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HIGH

A symbolic link vulnerability in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, could allow privileged file operations during file extraction and installation

Published Jun 9, 2020

7.3

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.28%

Description

A symbolic link vulnerability in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, could allow privileged file operations during file extraction and installation.

Affected products

Vendor Lenovo Product Installation Packages Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <1.2.9.3

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

Installation Packages

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<1.2.9.3

Remediation

Vendor solution

To mitigate these vulnerabilities, Lenovo recommends installing Lenovo software updates through Lenovo Vantage, Lenovo System Update, or Windows Update. Updates delivered through Update Retriever, Thin Installer, and System Update are also not affected. Lenovo installation packages version 1.2.9.3 or later are not affected.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-426

References (1)

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-27431
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-27431		x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner lenovo

Published Jun 9, 2020

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Jan 11, 2019

Link CVE-2019-6196

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2019-6196

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2019-6196