Some Lenovo Notebook, ThinkPad, and Lenovo Desktop systems have BIOS modules unprotected by Intel Boot Guard that could allow an attacker with physical access the ability to write to the SPI flash storage.
Published 2021-07-16 21:15:11
Updated 2021-07-30 12:41:08
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Products affected by CVE-2021-3453

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-3453

0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 23 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-3453

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
2.1
LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
3.9
2.9
NIST
4.6
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.9
3.6
NIST
6.8
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.9
5.9
Lenovo Group Ltd.

CWE ids for CVE-2021-3453

  • The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.
    Assigned by: psirt@lenovo.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2021-3453

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