CVE-2025-2503: Lenovo PC Manager · Incorrect Permissions
Affects Lenovo PC ManagerSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 May 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Lenovo PC Manager | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
1. Immediate mitigation should include restricting local user privileges to the minimum necessary, ensuring that users do not have unnecessary elevated rights on Lenovo PCs. 2. Monitor and audit file system changes and deletions on critical systems to detect suspicious activity indicative of exploitation attempts. 3. Implement application whitelisting and endpoint protection solutions that can prevent unauthorized file deletions or modifications by untrusted processes. 4. Limit physical and remote access to Lenovo PCs, enforcing strong authentication and session controls to reduce the risk of local exploitation. 5. Stay alert for official patches or updates from Lenovo addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly once available. 6. Consider temporarily disabling or uninstalling Lenovo PC Manager if it is not essential to operations until a patch is released. 7. Conduct user awareness training to reduce the risk of privilege escalation attempts by local users. 8. Employ file integrity monitoring tools to quickly identify unauthorized changes to critical files.
Description
An improper permission handling vulnerability was reported in Lenovo PC Manager that could allow a local attacker to perform arbitrary file deletions as an elevated user.