Elevated arbitrary file deletion via improper permissions
Published May 30, 2025 · Updated Aug 21, 2025
Improper permission handling in Lenovo PC Manager before 5.1.110.5082 allows local users to delete arbitrary files with elevated rights. Lenovo has not identified the affected component or disclosed which resource permissions let an unprivileged process steer the elevated deletion operation. A low-privileged local account is required, and successful exploitation can remove files accessible to the elevated process without exposing file contents.
Summary
What happened
Improper permission handling in Lenovo PC Manager before 5.1.110.5082 allows local users to delete arbitrary files with elevated rights. Lenovo has not identified the affected component or disclosed which resource permissions let an unprivileged process steer the elevated deletion operation. A low-privileged local account is required, and successful exploitation can remove files accessible to the elevated process without exposing file contents.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2503
- Published
- May 30, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 21, 2025
- Vendor
- Lenovo
- Product
- Lenovo PC Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-732
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.1.110.5082
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