Vulnerability · Published Jul 16, 2021 · Assigned by lenovo
CVE-2021-3452
Medium 6.7
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation in ThinkPad BIOS from Lenovo. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A potential vulnerability in the system shutdown SMI callback function in some ThinkPad models may allow an attacker with local access and elevated privileges to execute arbitrary code.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Lenovo | ThinkPad BIOS | various |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-65529 x_refsource_MISC