CVE-2021-3453

MEDIUM

Lenovo Notebook, ThinkPad, and Desktop Systems - BIOS Module Protection Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Some Lenovo Notebook, ThinkPad, and Lenovo Desktop systems have BIOS modules unprotected by Intel Boot Guard that could allow an attacker with physical access the ability to write to the SPI flash storage.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.9%
Attack Vector PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-693
Status published
Products (21)
lenovo/730s-13iml_firmware
lenovo/ideacentre_aio_5-24imb05_firmware < 2021-09-30
lenovo/ideacentre_aio_5-74imb05_firmware < 2021-09-30
lenovo/ideapad_1-11igl05_firmware
lenovo/ideapad_1-14igl05_firmware
lenovo/ideapad_s940-14iil_firmware
lenovo/ideapad_s940-14iwl_firmware
lenovo/ideapad_slim_1-11ast-05_firmware
lenovo/ideapad_slim_1-14ast-05_firmware
lenovo/thinkpad_helix_firmware n17etb4w
... and 11 more
Published Jul 16, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026