CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8320

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jun 09, 2020 | Modified: Jun 17, 2020
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An internal shell was included in BIOS image in some ThinkPad models that could allow escalation of privilege.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Thinkpad_11e_yoga_gen_6_firmware Lenovo * 2020-07-10 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References