CVE-2023-25494
A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and...
A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and ThinkStation products that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and ThinkStation products that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.
- Record
CVE-2023-25494- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-29449
A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and ThinkStation products that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.
- Record
EUVD-2023-29449- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pp2x-pgm4-hc2c
A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and...
A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and ThinkStation products that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.
- Record
GHSA-pp2x-pgm4-hc2c- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A potential vulnerability were reported in the BIOS of some Desktop, Smart Edge, and ThinkStation products that could allow a local attacker with elevated privileges to write to NVRAM variables.
- Record
CVE-2023-25494- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-25494 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Lenovo Desktop Bios, Smart Edge Bios, Thinkstation Bios, published April 5, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.