In some Lenovo ThinkPads, an unquoted search path vulnerability was found in various versions of the Synaptics Pointing Device driver which
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.
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- Jan 24, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 31th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-428
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Report tools
Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| lenovo | synaptics thinkpad ultranav driver | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:synaptics_thinkpad_ultranav_driver |
| lenovo | thinkpad helix firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_helix_firmware |
| lenovo | thinkpad helix | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thinkpad_helix |
| lenovo | thiankpad l430 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thiankpad_l430_firmware |
| lenovo | thiankpad l430 | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thiankpad_l430 |
| lenovo | thiankpad l530 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thiankpad_l530_firmware |
| lenovo | thiankpad l530 | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thiankpad_l530 |
| lenovo | thiankpad p1 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thiankpad_p1_firmware |
| lenovo | thiankpad p1 | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thiankpad_p1 |
| lenovo | thiankpad x1 extreme firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thiankpad_x1_extreme_firmware |
| lenovo | thiankpad x1 extreme | cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:thiankpad_x1_extreme |
| lenovo | thiankpad p50s firmware | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thiankpad_p50s_firmware |
and 108 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- lenovo synaptics thinkpad ultranav driver16.2.19.23
- lenovo synaptics thinkpad ultranav driver18.0.7.119
- lenovo synaptics thinkpad ultranav driver18.1.27.42
- lenovo synaptics thinkpad ultranav driver19.0.17.140
- lenovo synaptics thinkpad ultranav driver19.3.4.219
- lenovo synaptics thinkpad ultranav driver19.5.19.33
- lenovo thiankpad l430 firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad l530 firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad p1 firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad p50s firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad p51 firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad p51s firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad p52s firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad p70 firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad s1 yoga firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad s430 firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad t420 firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad t420i firmwareall versions
- lenovo thiankpad x1 extreme firmwareall versions
- lenovo thinkpad helix firmwareall versions
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (lenovo). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Lenovo Group Ltd. Various ThinkPad products
- Variousaffected
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-428 · Unquoted Search Path or ElementCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.