CVE-2018-16098

high

Description

In some Lenovo ThinkPads, an unquoted search path vulnerability was found in various versions of the Synaptics Pointing Device driver which could allow unauthorized code execution as a low privilege user.

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24573

https://support.lenovo.com/bg/en/product_security/len-24573

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-01-24

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H