Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba bloatware bugs put millions of users at risk of being hacked

If you have a Lenovo computer which came with the Lenovo Solution Center app pre-installed (versions 3.1.004 and below), a Dell computer and therefore Dell System Detect software (versions 6.12.0.1 and below), or a Toshiba with the Toshiba Service Station app (versions 2.6.14 and below), then your PC is at risk.

The “PC Does What!?” marketing campaign meant to convince users that PCs are super cool is unlikely to include PC “gets you pwned” in any upcoming commercials, but a security researcher posted proof-of-concept exploits that affect three out of five PC makers involved in “PC Does What!?” A researcher, using the alias slipstream/RoL, posted proof-of-concept code capable of exploiting security vulnerabilities in Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba machines. The researcher released the proof-of-concept code into the wild without first disclosing the issues to vendors, meaning millions of users are potentially at risk as exploiting the flaws could allow an attacker to run malware at the system level.

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