CVE-2016-8237
Remote code execution in Lenovo Updates (not Lenovo System Update) allows man-in-the-middle...
CVE-2016-8237 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Lenovo Updates, published April 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.34%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
Remote code execution in Lenovo Updates (not Lenovo System Update) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Remote code execution in Lenovo Updates (not Lenovo System Update) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2016-8237- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Remote code execution in Lenovo Updates (not Lenovo System Update) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
CVE-2016-8237- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9085 No score
Remote code execution in Lenovo Updates (not Lenovo System Update) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9085- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wr24-m42c-7rjv
Remote code execution in Lenovo Updates (not Lenovo System Update) allows man-in-the-middle...
Remote code execution in Lenovo Updates (not Lenovo System Update) allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- Record
GHSA-wr24-m42c-7rjv- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |