Vulnerability in Lenovo Thinkvantage System Update
CVE-2008-3249
The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via an SSL certificate whose X.509 headers match a public certificate used by IBM.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (69.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Lenovo Thinkvantage System Update — versions 3.13
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/30379 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29366 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492579 (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42638 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)