# CVE-2016-8227: Privilege escalation in Transition application

> Local attackers can execute code with elevated privileges via the Lenovo Transition application on Windows systems.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Jan 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jf5r-5m2h-p5mc

## What is CVE-2016-8227?

CVE-2016-8227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Group Ltd. Transition application, published on 26 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and Miix systems running Windows allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8227?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lenovo Transition.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-8227?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-8227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-8227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8227 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-8227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Group Ltd. Transition application, published on 26 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Lenovo Group Ltd. Transition application. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8227/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8227/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8227
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8227
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8227

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