CVE-2016-2246 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting HP ThinPro versions 4.4 through 6.1, stemming from mishandling of the keyboard layout control panel and virtual keyboard application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), an authenticated local attacker can exploit this with low complexity to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:thinpro:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:thinpro:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:thinpro:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:thinpro:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:thinpro:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.