CVE-2017-3753 json
A vulnerability has been identified in some Lenovo products that use UEFI (BIOS) code developed by American Megatrends, Inc.
published 2017-08-10 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-12870
- cvss
- 6.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Lenovo Group Ltd. Desktop and Notebook BIOS
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
References
-
support.lenovo.com
/us/en/product_security/LEN-14695
mitigation, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-3753
- NVD CVE-2017-3753
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