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🛡️ CVE-2022-0354 — system-update

🟠 CVSS 7.3 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-317 NVD
7.3
CVSS Score
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Description

A vulnerability was reported in Lenovo System Update that could allow a local user with interactive system access the ability to execute code with elevated privileges only during the installation of a System Update package released before 2022-02-25 that displays a command prompt window.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0354 is classified as CWE-317: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within the GUI.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0354 is recorded against 1 package.

  • system-update (fixed in 2022-02-25)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 April 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

support.lenovo.com
www.infosec.tirol
support.lenovo.com
www.infosec.tirol

Other advisories for this package

system-update has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-317: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in GUI) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-317
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-04-22
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
system-update — 2022-02-25

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