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2 vulnerabilities found for Aspire A315-22G by Acer
CVE-2022-4020 (GCVE-0-2022-4020)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-11-28 13:00 – Updated: 2025-04-14 18:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Acer Aspire BIOS vulnerability
Summary
Vulnerability in the HQSwSmiDxe DXE driver on some consumer Acer Notebook devices may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify UEFI Secure Boot settings by modifying an NVRAM variable.
Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acer | Aspire A315-22 |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
|
| Acer | Aspire A115-21 |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
|
| Acer | Aspire A315-22G |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
|
| Acer | Extensa EX215-21 |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
|
| Acer | Extensa EX215-21G |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
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CVE-2022-4020 (GCVE-0-2022-4020)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-28 13:00 – Updated: 2025-04-14 18:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Acer Aspire BIOS vulnerability
Summary
Vulnerability in the HQSwSmiDxe DXE driver on some consumer Acer Notebook devices may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify UEFI Secure Boot settings by modifying an NVRAM variable.
Severity
8.1 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acer | Aspire A315-22 |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
|
| Acer | Aspire A115-21 |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
|
| Acer | Aspire A315-22G |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
|
| Acer | Extensa EX215-21 |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
|
| Acer | Extensa EX215-21G |
Affected:
1.04 , < 1.11
(custom)
|
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