What is CVE-2019-6196?

CVE-2019-6196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Installation Package, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2019-6196?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-6196 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Lenovo Installation Package

CVE-2019-6196

A symbolic link vulnerability in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, could allow privileged file operations during file extraction and installation.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Lenovo Installation_package
Lenovo Installation Packages — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

Public proof-of-concept exploits

niit-qd/lenovo-driver-downloader

References

psirt@lenovo.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6196?: CVE-2019-6196 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Installation Package, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2019-6196?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-6196 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.