Improper privilege management in Lenovo products - CVE-2024-12673
Published: May 16, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU109264
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-12673
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in a BIOS customization feature of Lenovo Vantage on SMB notebook devices. A local user can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Affected software
Lenovo V Series Gen 5
ThinkBook 14 Gen 6
ThinkBook 14 Gen 7
ThinkBook 16 Gen 6
ThinkBook 16 Gen 7
ThinkPad E Series Gen 1
Vantage
ThinkBook 14 Gen 6
ThinkBook 14 Gen 7
ThinkBook 16 Gen 6
ThinkBook 16 Gen 7
ThinkPad E Series Gen 1
Vantage
How to mitigate CVE-2024-12673
Install updates from vendor's website.
Note, this vulnerability only affects Vantage installed on these devices:
- Lenovo V Series (Gen 5)
- ThinkBook 14 (Gen 6, 7)
- ThinkBook 16 (Gen 6, 7)
- ThinkPad E Series (Gen 1)
Vantage - update to 10.2501.15.0