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TransitionApplication · Lenovo

CVE-2016-8227

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.0 Published 2017-01-26
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
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.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Lenovo Transition application contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows an unprivileged local user to execute code with elevated (likely SYSTEM or administrator) privileges. The specific mechanism is not detailed, but the application likely exposes a privileged operation that can be abused by local users.

MitigationUninstall Lenovo Transition application from affected Yoga, Flex, and Miix systems if not required for business functions, or apply vendor-supplied patches when available. For systems requiring the application, restrict execution to authorized administrators only.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
TransitionApplication
Affected:all versions

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify if Lenovo Transition is installed
    Check for the application in the Windows registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or look for the executable at typical installation paths such as C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Transition or C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Transition
    Affected if Lenovo Transition executable files are found on the system
  2. Check installed programs list
    Open Control Panel > Programs and Features, or run 'Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName' in PowerShell to enumerate installed programs
    Affected if Lenovo Transition appears in the list of installed programs
  3. Identify running transition processes
    Open Task Manager or run 'Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.ProcessName -like "*Transition*"}' in PowerShell to check if the application is currently running
    Affected if Any Lenovo Transition process is running under a privileged account
  4. Check for auto-start configuration
    Review registry keys for auto-start entries using 'Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue' and check for Transition-related entries
    Affected if Lenovo Transition is configured to run automatically at system startup
  5. Verify user permissions on application directory
    Run 'icacls "C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Transition"' (or the identified installation path) to inspect ACLs and determine if unprivileged users have write or modify access to the application directory
    Affected if Unprivileged users have write or modify permissions to the Transition installation directory

A system is affected if Lenovo Transition is installed (all versions are vulnerable), regardless of whether it is actively running, since the privilege escalation can be triggered by local unprivileged users.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Uninstall Lenovo Transition application from affected Yoga, Flex, and Miix systems if not required for business functions, or apply vendor-supplied patches when available. For systems requiring the application, restrict execution to authorized administrators only.

Fix this in Transition Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
15.0 hours of engineering $2,690
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