CVE-2016-5249 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Solution Center (LSC) versions prior to 3.3.003, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) leverages a crafted .NET assembly and a named pipe to achieve full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness. There is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.3.002CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:solution_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
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.