UEFI Code Vulnerability in Lenovo Products by American Megatrends, Inc.
CVE-2017-3753

6.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Lenovo
Status
Desktop And Notebook BiOS
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 August 2017

Summary

A vulnerability has been detected in certain Lenovo devices that utilize UEFI BIOS code created by American Megatrends, Inc. This flaw provides an opportunity for an attacker with administrative access or physical proximity to execute specially crafted code. This may enable them to circumvent key system safeguards, including Device Guard and Hyper-V, posing serious security risks to affected systems.

Affected Version(s)

Desktop and Notebook BIOS various

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-14695
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Physical
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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