VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-3753

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in some Lenovo products that use UEFI (BIOS) code developed by American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI). With this vulnerability, conditions exist where an attacker with administrative privileges or physical access to a system may be able to run specially crafted code that can allow them to bypass system protections such as Device Guard and Hyper-V.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references