Is CVE-2023-5078 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-5078 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-5078?

CVE-2023-5078 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-5078?

CVE-2023-5078 has an EPSS score of 0.22% (12th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5078?

Upgrade thinkpad l13 gen 3 firmware to 1.19 or later. Fixes are available for 7 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-5078

MEDIUM

6.7

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was reported in some ThinkPad BIOS that could allow a physical or local attacker with elevated privileges to tamper with BIOS firmware.

How to fix

Remediation Available

thinkpad l13 gen 3 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.19Fixed in:1.19CVE-2023-5078derived from NVD

thinkpad l13 yoga gen 3 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.19Fixed in:1.19CVE-2023-5078derived from NVD

thinkpad l14 gen 3 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.23Fixed in:1.23CVE-2023-5078derived from NVD

thinkpad l14 gen 4 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.1Fixed in:1.1CVE-2023-5078derived from NVD

thinkpad l15 gen 3 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.23Fixed in:1.23CVE-2023-5078derived from NVD

thinkpad l15 gen 4 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.1Fixed in:1.1CVE-2023-5078derived from NVD

thinkpad s2 yoga gen 7 firmwareNVD

Affected:< 1.19Fixed in:1.19CVE-2023-5078derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

12thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 12% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

support.lenovo.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.