CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-3757

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An unquoted service path vulnerability was identified in the driver for the ElanTech Touchpad, used on some Lenovo brand notebooks (not ThinkPads). This could allow an attacker with local privileges to execute code with administrative privileges.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a risk to organizations as it allows local attackers to gain elevated privileges and potentially take control of the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the ElanTech touchpad driver to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to restrict access to systems for users with local privileges.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An unquoted service path vulnerability was identified in the driver for the ElanTech Touchpad, various versions, used on some Lenovo brand notebooks (not ThinkPads). This could allow an attacker with local privileges to execute code with administrative privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS