CVE-2017-3756 Privilege escalation in ThinkPad Active Protection System
Local attackers can escalate privileges to administrative level via an unquoted service path in Lenovo Active Protection System.
- 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-2017-3756?
CVE-2017-3756 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Group Ltd. ThinkPad Active Protection System, published on 18 Aug 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Lenovo Active Protection System for ThinkPad systems versions earlier than 1.82.0.17. An attacker with local privileges could execute code with administrative privileges via an unquoted service path.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3756?
It affects 148 products.
Products include Lenovo Thinkpad 10 Ella 2, Lenovo Thinkpad 10 Ella 2 Bios, Lenovo Thinkpad 11e Beema, Lenovo Thinkpad 11e Beema Bios, Lenovo Thinkpad 11e Braswell, Lenovo Thinkpad 11e Braswell Bios and 142 more.
How do I fix CVE-2017-3756?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3756 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-3756 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3756 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mp3w-62hp-vh8j.