CVE-2017-3747 Privilege escalation in Lenovo Nerve Center

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by altering registry keys in Lenovo Nerve Center for Windows 10 desktop systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-3747?

CVE-2017-3747 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Nerve Center, published on 29 Jun 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 Nerve Center for Windows 10 on Desktop systems (Lenovo Nerve Center for notebook systems is not affected) that could allow an attacker with local privileges on a system to alter registry keys.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3747?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Lenovo Nerve Center.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3747?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3747 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-3747 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rwqh-gr44-qvmg.

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