CVE-2017-3743: Lenovo Advanced Settings Utility

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

If multiple users are concurrently logged into a single system where one user is sending a command via the Lenovo ToolsCenter Advanced Settings Utility (ASU), UpdateXpress System Pack Installer (UXSPI) or Dynamic System Analysis (DSA) to a second machine, the other users may be able to see the user ID and clear text password that were used to access the second machine during the time the command is processing.

Affected products

  • Lenovo Advanced Settings Utility: up to and including 10.1
  • Lenovo Toolscenter Dynamic System Analysis: up to and including 10.2
  • Lenovo Updatexpress System Pack Installer: up to and including 10.2

Published 2017-06-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.