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    CVE-2016-8223

    During an internal security review, Lenovo identified a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo System Interface Foundation software installed on some Windows 10 PCs where a user with local privileges could run arbitrary code with administrator level privileges.

    Published:Nov 29, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Nov 29, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00034
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Lenovo
    Product
    System Interface Foundation
    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Windows 10

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-284 Improper Access Control

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High