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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-8230

High
7.5/10

Summary

In Lenovo Service Bridge before version 4, an insecure HTTP connection is used by LSB to send system serial number, machine type and model and product name to Lenovo's servers.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published