A potential vulnerability by a driver used during manufacturing process on some consumer Lenovo Notebook devices' BIOS that was mistakenly not deactivated may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify secure boot setting by modifying an NVRAM variable.
Published 2022-04-22 21:15:10
Updated 2022-05-06 20:49:45
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Products affected by CVE-2021-3972

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-3972

12.63%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 93 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-3972

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.6
MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
NIST
6.7
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.8
5.9
NIST
6.7
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.8
5.9
Lenovo Group Ltd.

CWE ids for CVE-2021-3972

  • The product is deployed to unauthorized actors with debugging code still enabled or active, which can create unintended entry points or expose sensitive information.
    Assigned by: psirt@lenovo.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2021-3972

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