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CVE-2008-3249
The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which…
Medium5.1EPSS 1.3%
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- mitre
Description
The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via an SSL certificate whose X.509 headers match a public certificate used by IBM.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 30379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29366 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080525 SECOBJADV-2008-01: Lenovo SystemUpdate SSL Certificate Issuer Spoofing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ibm-thinkvantage-ssl-spoofing(42638) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020112 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .