Medium severity · published Nov 8, 2023
CVE-2023-5078
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker with elevated privileges to tamper with BIOS firmware
6.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker with elevated privileges to tamper with BIOS firmware.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 13% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TL
Thinkpad L13 Gen 2 Firmware · Lenovo
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L13 Gen 3 Firmware · Lenovo
before 1.19 · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L13 Gen 4 Firmware · Lenovo
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L13 Yoga Gen 2 Firmware · Lenovo
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L13 Yoga Gen 3 Firmware · Lenovo
before 1.19 · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L13 Yoga Gen 4 Firmware · Lenovo
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L14 Gen 3 Firmware · Lenovo
before 1.23 · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L14 Gen 4 Firmware · Lenovo
before 1.1 · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L15 Gen 3 Firmware · Lenovo
before 1.23 · source: NVD
TL
Thinkpad L15 Gen 4 Firmware · Lenovo
before 1.1 · source: NVD
TP
Thinkpad P14s Gen 3 Firmware · Lenovo
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
TP
Thinkpad P16s Gen 1 Firmware · Lenovo
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5078
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5078
Vendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-141775
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