CVE-2023-25494 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and ThinkStation products that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.

Published: 2024-04-05

Score: 6.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Lenovo

Desktop BIOS, Smart Edge BIOS, ThinkStation BIOS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`various`	affected	—

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update system firmware to the version (or newer) indicated for your model in the advisory: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-141775

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-29449	A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and ThinkStation products that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-141775

History

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Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published: 2024-04-05T20:46:09.016Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:25:18.856Z

Reserved: 2023-02-06T15:09:03.709Z

Link: CVE-2023-25494

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:25:18.856Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-04-05T21:15:07.813

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2023-25494

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-125

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