CVE-2017-3753

A vulnerability has been identified in some Lenovo products that use UEFI (BIOS) code developed...

6.8 Medium

A vulnerability has been identified in some Lenovo products that use UEFI (BIOS) code developed by American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI). With this vulnerability, conditions exist where an attacker with administrative privileges or physical access to a system may be able to run specially crafted code that can allow them to bypass system protections such as Device Guard and Hyper-V.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Physical
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.52%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

Record: CVE-2017-3753
CVSS 3.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-3753
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-12870 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-12870
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97c7-jg3h-5vf5 6.8

A vulnerability has been identified in some Lenovo products that use UEFI (BIOS) code developed...

Record: GHSA-97c7-jg3h-5vf5
CVSS 3.0: 6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-94
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-3753 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Lenovo 63 Firmware, published August 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.