7.3
CWE
426
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2019-6196

First published: Tue Jun 09 2020(Updated: )

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.

Credit: psirt@lenovo.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Lenovo installation package<1.2.9.3

Remedy

To mitigate these vulnerabilities, Lenovo recommends installing Lenovo software updates through Lenovo Vantage, Lenovo System Update, or Windows Update. Updates delivered through Update Retriever, Thin Installer, and System Update are also not affected. Lenovo installation packages version 1.2.9.3 or later are not affected.

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