Multiple Lenovo products privilege escalation | CVE-2022-48189

NAME
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Multiple Lenovo products privilege escalation

Platforms Affected:
Lenovo X1 Fold Gen 1
Lenovo E14 (Type 20RA
20RB) Laptop (ThinkPad)
Lenovo E14 Gen 2 (Type 20TA
20TB) Laptop (ThinkPad)
Lenovo E14 Gen 4 (type 21E3
21E4) Laptops (ThinkPad)
Lenovo E15 (Type 20RD
20RE) Laptop (ThinkPad)

Risk Level:
7.8

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Gain Privileges

DESCRIPTION
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Multiple Lenovo products could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an SMM driver input validation vulnerability in the BIOS. By sending a specially crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges and bypass Secure Boot.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low

User Interaction:
None

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Local

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