CVE-2023-5078
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker...
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker with elevated privileges to tamper with BIOS firmware.
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 vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker with elevated privileges to tamper with BIOS firmware.
- Record
CVE-2023-5078- 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-1419
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-57418
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker with elevated privileges to tamper with BIOS firmware.
- Record
EUVD-2023-57418- 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-7hgj-2cr9-625f
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker...
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker with elevated privileges to tamper with BIOS firmware.
- Record
GHSA-7hgj-2cr9-625f- 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-665
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker with elevated privileges to tamper with BIOS firmware.
- Record
CVE-2023-5078- 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
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- lenovo thinkpad
- lenovo thinkpad bios
- lenovo thinkpad l13 gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 yoga gen 2 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 yoga gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l13 yoga gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l14 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l14 gen 4 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l15 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad l15 gen 4 firmware
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- lenovo thinkpad p14s gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad p16s gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 gen 8 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 yoga gen 6 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 yoga gen 7 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad s2 yoga gen 8 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14 gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t14s gen 3 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad t16 gen 1 firmware
- lenovo thinkpad x13 gen 3 firmware
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-2023-5078 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Lenovo Thinkpad, published November 8, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.