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CVE-2016-8235

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8235 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Customer Care Software Development Kit (CCSDK) versions prior to 2.0.16.3. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on affected systems. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:customer_care_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.lenovo.com / us/en/solutions/LEN-11340
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97543
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry