CVE-2020-8345
A DLL search path vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin for the Lenovo Vantage hardware scan feature prior to version 1.0.46.11 that could allow escalation of privilege.
02 Description
A DLL search path vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin for the Lenovo Vantage hardware scan feature prior to version 1.0.46.11 that could allow escalation of privilege.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-10-14 21:25Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 09:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-01-28
- Assigning CNA
- lenovo
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3aebb15412d486ab948e24c79c3d294d167242e08b316a7a97386225668e6a06
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.lenovo.comhttps://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-44421
07 Remediation
Update the Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin to version 1.0.46.11. The Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin is automatically updated by the Lenovo System Interface Foundation Service. To immediately start the update process, reboot the computer or restart the "System Interface Foundation Service" service. To verify the Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin version: Open File Explorer and navigate to C:\ProgramData\Lenovo\ImController\Plugins\LenovoHardwareScanPlugin\x64 Right click on LenovoHardwareScanPlugin.dll and select Properties. Click on the Details tab. Read the File version.