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high 7.8

CVE-2022-3699 json

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin prior to version 1.3.1.2 and Lenovo Diagnostics prior to…

published 3y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-43057

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin prior to version 1.3.1.2 and Lenovo Diagnostics prior to version 4.45

that could allow a local user to execute code with elevated privileges.

Patch / fix

  • Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin 1.3.1.2
  • Lenovo Diagnostics 4.45

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/local/cve_2022_3699_lenovo_diagnostics_driver)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2y ago

Exploit prediction

4.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Lenovo HardwareScanPlugin
  • Lenovo Diagnostics

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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