{"id":"CVE-2016-8227","aliases":["EUVD-2016-9075","GHSA-jf5r-5m2h-p5mc"],"status":"published","title":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and...","description":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and Miix systems running Windows allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-07","score":0.00349,"percentile":0.28689,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-284"],"published":"2017-01-26T17:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:54:02Z","products":[{"vendor":"lenovo","product":"transition"},{"vendor":"lenovo group ltd.","product":"transition application"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95159","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-12508","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8227"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jf5r-5m2h-p5mc"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-8227","description":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and Miix systems running Windows allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.","status":"published","published":"2017-01-26T17:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T02:13:21.912Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:32.724067Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2016-9075","description":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and Miix systems running Windows allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.","status":"published","published":"2017-01-26T17:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T02:13:21Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:22:30.942601Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-jf5r-5m2h-p5mc","title":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and...","description":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and Miix systems running Windows allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T03:02:35Z","modified":"2023-01-27T05:06:31Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-284"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:42:56.089114Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-8227","description":"Privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Transition application used in Lenovo Yoga, Flex and Miix systems running Windows allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges.","status":"published","published":"2017-01-26T17:59:00.21Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:54:02.893Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-284"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:35.029632Z"}]}}