CVE-2017-3740

Summary

CVECVE-2017-3740
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerlenovo
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-04 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionIn Lenovo Active Protection System before 1.82.0.14, an attacker with local privileges could send commands to the system's embedded controller, which could cause a denial of service attack on the system or the ability to alter hardware functionality.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | Denial of Service


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.00b All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.01b All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.20b All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.21 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.22 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.23 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.30b All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.31 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.32 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.33b All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.34 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.40 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.41 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.50 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.51 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.52 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.53 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.54 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.61 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.62 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.63 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.64 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.70 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.71 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.72 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.73 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.74 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.75 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.76 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.77.0.11 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.77.0.20 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.77.0.26 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.77.0.5 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.77.0.7 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.77.0.8 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.77.0.9 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.78.0.09 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.78.0.10 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.78.0.11 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.79.0.03 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.80.1.00 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.80.11.00 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.80.3.00 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.80.8.00 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.81.0.08 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.82.0.03 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.82.0.06 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.82.0.07 All All All
Application Lenovo Active Protection System 1.82.0.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Lenovo Group Ltd. Active Protection System affected Earlier than 1.82.0.14 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Lenovo Active Protection System Privilege Escalation - US af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.lenovo.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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