CVE-2016-2393 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Lenovo Fingerprint Manager (before 8.01.57) and Touch Fingerprint (before 1.00.08). The flaw stems from weak Access Control Lists (ACLs) on certain services and files, allowing a local attacker to bypass security checks and gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling a low-privileged local user to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.01.56CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:fingerprint_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.00.07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:touch_fingerprint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.