CVE-2017-3747
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 · uneditedPrivilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Nerve Center for Windows 10 on Desktop systems (Lenovo Nerve Center for notebook systems is not affected) that could allow an attacker with local privileges on a system to alter registry keys.
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 confidenceA privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Lenovo Nerve Center for Windows 10 Desktop systems that allows an attacker with local user privileges to modify Windows registry keys. By altering registry entries that control system services, startup items, or application behavior, an attacker could potentially gain elevated system or administrative privileges.
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 dataall versionsCVSS 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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Lenovo Nerve Center is installedOpen Control Panel > Programs and Features, or run 'Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product' in PowerShell, and look for 'Lenovo Nerve Center' in the installed programs listAffected if Lenovo Nerve Center appears in the installed programs list
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Verify Windows version is Windows 10 DesktopRun 'winver' from Run dialog or check System Properties. Alternatively, run 'systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"' in command promptAffected if The system is running Windows 10 Desktop (not Server or other Windows versions)
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Check for Nerve Center processes runningOpen Task Manager or run 'Get-Process | Where-Object {$_.Company -like "*Lenovo*"}' in PowerShell, looking for Nerve Center related processesAffected if Nerve Center processes are actively running on the system
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Check for Nerve Center serviceOpen Services (services.msc) or run 'Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like "*Nerve*"}' in PowerShell, looking for a Lenovo Nerve Center service entryAffected if A Lenovo Nerve Center service exists and is present on the system
The system is affected if Lenovo Nerve Center is installed on a Windows 10 Desktop system, regardless of version, since all versions of the software are vulnerable to this privilege escalation flaw.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Lenovo Nerve Center to the latest patched version. If updates are unavailable, consider removing the software or disabling the service on affected systems.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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