CVE-2019-6173A DLL search path vulnerability could allow privilege escalation in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, during…
- 6.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.32%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 75% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A DLL search path vulnerability could allow privilege escalation in some Lenovo installation packages, prior to version 1.2.9.3, during installation if an attacker already has administrative privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By lenovo
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| lenovoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.
Affected products
Lenovo · Installation Packages
- affected unspecified – < 1.2.9.3
What to do
Solution: To mitigate these vulnerabilities, Lenovo recommends installing Lenovo software updates through Lenovo Vantage, Lenovo System Update, or Windows Update. Updates delivered through Update Retriever, Thin Installer, and System Update are also not affected. Lenovo installation packages version 1.2.9.3 or later are not affected.
References
References1
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-27431 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-15740 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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