CVE-2015-8110: Lenovo System Update

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Lenovo System Update (formerly ThinkVantage System Update) before 5.07.0019 allows local users to gain privileges by navigating to (1) "Click here to learn more" or (2) "View privacy policy" within the Tvsukernel.exe GUI application in the context of a temporary administrator account, aka a "local privilege escalation vulnerability."

Affected products

• Lenovo Lenovo System Update: up to and including 5.07.0013

Published 2017-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.