cvelist/2021/3xxx/CVE-2021-3971.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "psirt@lenovo.com",
        "ID": "CVE-2021-3971",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Notebook BIOS",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "=",
                                            "version_value": "various"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Lenovo"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "credit": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": " Lenovo thanks Martin Smol\u00e1r from ESET for reporting this issue."
        }
    ],
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "A potential vulnerability by a driver used during older manufacturing processes on some consumer Lenovo Notebook devices that was mistakenly included in the BIOS image could allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify firmware protection region by modifying an NVRAM variable."
            }
        ]
    },
    "generator": {
        "engine": "Vulnogram 0.0.9"
    },
    "impact": {
        "cvss": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 6.7,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-489 Leftover Debug Code"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-73440",
                "name": "https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-73440"
            }
        ]
    },
    "solution": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "Update system firmware to the version (or newer) indicated for your model in the Product Impact section of LEN-73440."
        }
    ],
    "source": {
        "advisory": "LEN-73440",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
    }
}