Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Lenovo Bootloader Could Allow Attackers to Modify Boot Manager and Escalate Privileges

CVE-2024-23593

6.7MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Lenovo
Status
Windows 7 And 8 Pc Preloads
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 April 2024

Summary

A vulnerability was reported

in a system recovery bootloader that was part of the Lenovo preloaded Windows 7 and 8 operating systems from 2012 to 2014

that could allow a privileged attacker with local access to modify the boot manager and escalate privileges.

Affected Version(s)

Windows 7 and 8 PC Preloads = various

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-132277

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.7
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre DatabaseLenovo Feed

Credit

Lenovo thanks Zammis Clark for reporting this issue.
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