CVE-2023-4706 (GCVE-0-2023-4706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-08 21:59 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:37
VLAI
Summary
A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in Lenovo preloaded devices deployed using Microsoft AutoPilot under a standard user account due to incorrect default privileges.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
lenovo CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 43 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Lenovo 1Lenovo Preload Directory Affected: Refer to Mitigation strategy section in LEN-127385
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Credits
Lenovo thanks Steven Pritchard for reporting this issue.
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