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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-5078
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Lenovo thanks Krzysztof Okupski, Enrique Nissim, Joseph Tartaro of IOActive for reporting this vulnerability.
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Affected Vendor
Lenovo
View all reports →Affected Software
ThinkPad BIOS
Vulnerable Versions:
various
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 8th, 2023
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.