CVE-2025-8485

Local privilege escalation during application installation

Published Nov 12, 2025 · Updated Nov 12, 2025

Improper permissions in Lenovo App Store before 9.0.2530.1027 allow local users to execute code with elevated privileges during app installation. Lenovo has not published the affected file, permission setting, or privileged installation operation that mishandles user-controlled content. A local authenticated session and an application installation are required; successful exploitation runs attacker-controlled code with elevated privileges.

CVSS severity7.0
High
EPSS probability0.12%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper permissions in Lenovo App Store before 9.0.2530.1027 allow local users to execute code with elevated privileges during app installation. Lenovo has not published the affected file, permission setting, or privileged installation operation that mishandles user-controlled content. A local authenticated session and an application installation are required; successful exploitation runs attacker-controlled code with elevated privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-8485
Published
Nov 12, 2025
Updated
Nov 12, 2025
Vendor
Lenovo
Product
Lenovo App Store
Classifications
CWE-276, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <9.0.2530.1027

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Lenovo · Lenovo App Storeversion=0 <9.0.2530.1027

Published CVSS scores

7.0Lenovo Group Ltd.CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.3Lenovo Group Ltd.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-276Incorrect Default Permissions
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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