CVE-2023-6044 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Vantage that could allow a local attacker with physical access to impersonate Lenovo Vantage Service and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Published: 2024-01-19

Score: 6.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Lenovo

Vantage

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
	affected	< 4.0.49.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:vantage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue was addressed in version 4.0.49.0. Lenovo Vantage Service is updated automatically.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58301	A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Vantage that could allow a local attacker with physical access to impersonate Lenovo Vantage Service and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Physical

Attack Complexity High

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 0.00038.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-144736

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Lenovo Vantage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: lenovo

Published: 2024-01-19T20:09:05.706Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:25:28.842Z

Reserved: 2023-11-08T21:12:23.667Z

Link: CVE-2023-6044

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.092Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-19T20:15:12.647

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:43:02.067

Link: CVE-2023-6044

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-290

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