Privileged Escalation via Improper Permissions in Lenovo App Store
CVE-2025-8485 Published on November 12, 2025

An improper permissions vulnerability was reported in Lenovo App Store that could allow a local authenticated user to execute code with elevated privileges during installation of an application.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-8485 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-8485

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Affected Versions

Lenovo App Store:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
5.28%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.