VAR-201701-0356
Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-20 23:32Privilege 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. Lenovo Transition is prone to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can leverage this issue to gain elevated privileges. Lenovo Transition is a set of programs developed by China Lenovo (Lenovo) to set whether the video, picture, etc. are automatically full-screen in different modes. There are security vulnerabilities in the Transition program of several Lenovo products. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with administrator or system privileges. The following products and versions are affected: Lenovo Edge 15 based on Windows 8.1 and earlier; Flex2 14 version, Flex2 15 version; Flex2 14D version, Flex2 15D version; Flex2 Pro15 version; Miix 2-10 version, Miix 2-11 version; Miix 3-1030 version; Yoga 11S version, Yoga 13 version; Yoga 2-11 version, Yoga 2-13 version, Yoga 2 Pro version
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