Lenovo Mouse Suite < 6.73 Local Privilege Elevation

high Nessus Plugin ID 85908

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by a local privilege elevation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Lenovo Mouse Suite installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 6.73. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege elevation vulnerability that can allow a local attacker to gain administrative privileges on the system.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Lenovo Mouse Suite 6.73 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85908

File Name: lenovo_mousesuite_6_73.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/11/2015

Updated: 11/25/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-4596

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/a:lenovo:mouse_suite

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Lenovo Mouse Suite

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4596

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