Lenovo Vantage Local Priv Escalation via Integrity Check Bypass
CVE-2023-6043 Published on January 19, 2024
A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Vantage that could allow a local attacker to bypass integrity checks and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-6043 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
Improper Certificate Validation
The software does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. When a certificate is invalid or malicious, it might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. The software might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the software might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-6043
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Affected Versions
Lenovo Vantage:- Version and below 4.0.49.0 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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