CVE-2018-16098

high-risk
Published 2019-01-24

In some Lenovo ThinkPads, an unquoted search path vulnerability was found in various versions of the Synaptics Pointing Device driver which could allow unauthorized code execution as a low privilege user.

Do I need to act?

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0.06% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Synaptics Thinkpad Ultranav Driver
Synaptics Thinkpad Ultranav Driver
Synaptics Thinkpad Ultranav Driver
Synaptics Thinkpad Ultranav Driver
Synaptics Thinkpad Ultranav Driver
Synaptics Thinkpad Ultranav Driver
Thinkpad Helix Firmware
Thiankpad L430 Firmware
Thiankpad L530 Firmware
Thiankpad P1 Firmware
Thiankpad X1 Extreme Firmware
Thiankpad P50S Firmware
Thiankpad P51 Firmware
Thiankpad P51S Firmware
Thiankpad P52S Firmware
Thiankpad P70 Firmware
Thiankpad S1 Yoga Firmware
Thiankpad S430 Firmware
Thiankpad T420 Firmware
Thiankpad T420I Firmware

Affected Vendors

Lenovo

References (3)

Broken Link https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24573
Patch https://support.lenovo.com/bg/en/product_security/len-24573
Broken Link https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24573
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 27/34 · High