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CVE-2021-3453

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CVE-2021-3453

Published: Jul 16, 2021

Modified: Dec 16, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.8

MEDIUM

Description

Some Lenovo Notebook, ThinkPad, and Lenovo Desktop systems have BIOS modules unprotected by Intel Boot Guard that could allow an attacker with physical access the ability to write to the SPI flash storage.

VendorProductVersions

Lenovo

BIOS

affected
various

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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