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CVE-2023-25494 (GCVE-0-2023-25494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-05 20:46 – Updated: 2024-08-02 11:25
VLAI
Summary
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.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-08 16:18 UTC
CWE
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