A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in the LenovoSystemUpdatePlugin for Lenovo System Interface Foundation prior to version t…

published 2020-04-14 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29185

cvss: 7.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits: 0; none known

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in the LenovoSystemUpdatePlugin for Lenovo System Interface Foundation prior to version that could allow an authenticated user to execute code with elevated privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Lenovo LenovoSystemUpdatePlugin for Lenovo System Interface Foundation 2.0.0.92

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Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Lenovo LenovoSystemUpdatePlugin for Lenovo System Interface Foundation

References

support.lenovo.com /us/en/product_security/LEN-30401
mitigation, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8318
NVD CVE-2020-8318

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