Race condition in Lenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.06.0034 uses world-writable permissions for the update files directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing to an update file after the signature is validated.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2341 Race condition in Lenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.06.0034 uses world-writable permissions for the update files directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing to an update file after the signature is validated.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:10:15.451Z

Reserved: 2015-03-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-2234

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-05-12T19:59:15.027

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-2234

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