CVE-2022-4020

Summary

CVECVE-2022-4020
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-11-28 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:56:00 UTC
DescriptionVulnerability 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Acer Aspire A115-21 - All All All
Operating System Acer Aspire A115-21 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Acer Aspire A315-22 - All All All
Hardware Acer Aspire A315-22g - All All All
Operating System Acer Aspire A315-22g Firmware - All All All
Operating System Acer Aspire A315-22 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Acer Extensa Ex215-21 - All All All
Hardware Acer Extensa Ex215-21g - All All All
Operating System Acer Extensa Ex215-21g Firmware - All All All
Operating System Acer Extensa Ex215-21 Firmware - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerability Regarding Vulnerability That May Allow Changes to Secure Boot Settings - Acer Community MISC community.acer.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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