Synaptics Audio Driver Vulnerability - Lenovo Support NL

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-30707

Potential Impact: Privilege escalation

Severity: Medium

Scope of Impact: Lenovo-specific

CVE Identifier: CVE-2020-8337

Summary Description:

An unquoted search path vulnerability was reported in Synaptics Audio Driver that could allow an administrative user to execute arbitrary code.

Mitigation Strategy for Customers (what you should do to protect yourself):

Synaptics recommends updating to the Synaptics Audio Driver version indicated for your model in the Product Impact section below.

Product Impact:

To download the version specified for your product below, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to your product’s Drivers & Software page by going to https://support.lenovo.com/. PRC users should go to <https://newsupport.lenovo.com.cn/&gt;
2. Searching for your product by name or machine type.
3. Click Drivers & Software on the left menu panel.
4. Click on Manual Update to browse by Component type.
5. Compare the minimum fix version for your product from the applicable product table below with the latest version posted on the support site.

Alternatively and if applicable for your product, you may use Lenovo Vantage or Windows Update to update to the latest available version. To confirm you are using the minimum fix version (or higher), go to Add/Remove Programs and check the version listed there.