Lenovo Acknowledges Vulnerabilities In Its Fingerprint Manager Pro Software

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Lenovo Acknowledges Vulnerabilities In Its Fingerprint Manager Pro Software

A statement released by Lenovo reads thus, “A vulnerability has been identified in Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro. Sensitive data stored by Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro, including users’ Windows logon credentials and fingerprint data, is encrypted using a weak algorithm, contains a hard-coded password, and is accessible to all users with local non-administrative access to the system it is installed in.”

The statement also lists the models affected to include:

  1. lenovo-laptop-thinkpad-l560-main.png
  2. ThinkPad P40 Yoga, P50s
  3. ThinkPad T440, T440p, T440s, T450, T450s, T460, T540p, T550, T560
  4. ThinkPad W540, W541, W550s
  5. ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Type 20A7, 20A8), X1 Carbon (Type 20BS, 20BT)
    ThinkPad X240, X240s, X250, X260
    ThinkPad Yoga 14 (20FY), Yoga 460
    ThinkCentre M73, M73z, M78, M79, 6. M83, M93, M93p, M93z
  6. ThinkStation E32, P300, P500, P700, P900