CVE-2022-3699 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.84021.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Lenovo	Diagnostics Hardwarescan Addin Hardwarescan Plugin

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:diagnostics::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:hardwarescan_addin::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:hardwarescan_plugin::::::::

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Update to Lenovo Diagnostics Application v4.45 or later. Update the Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin to version 1.3.1.2 or later.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-102365
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-94532

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.84069}`	epss `{'score': 0.85779}`

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published: 2023-10-24T20:48:23.213Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T14:17:40.247Z

Reserved: 2022-10-26T14:21:09.384Z

Link: CVE-2022-3699

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:14:03.360Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T18:17:15.807

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:20:03.580

Link: CVE-2022-3699

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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