Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin PrivEsc before v1.3.1.2 (Lenovo Diagnostics <4.45)
CVE-2022-3699 Published on October 25, 2023
A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin prior to version 1.3.1.2 and Lenovo Diagnostics prior to version 4.45 that could allow a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-3699 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2022-3699 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-3699
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Affected Versions
Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin :- Version and below 1.3.1.2 is affected.
- Version and below 4.45 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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