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ghsa-8pxc-53gq-54c7

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-24 16:53

Modified

2022-10-19 19:00

Severity ?

6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

A vulnerability was reported in various BIOS versions of older ThinkPad systems that could allow a user with administrative privileges or physical access the ability to update the Embedded Controller with unsigned firmware.

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  "modified": "2022-10-19T19:00:25Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T16:53:56Z",
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cve-2019-6171

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2019-08-19 14:56

Modified

2024-09-16 20:03

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://support.lenovo.com/solutions/LEN-27764	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	Lenovo	BIOS

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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