CVE-2017-3740 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Lenovo Active Protection System versions prior to 1.82.0.14. A local attacker with privileges could send commands to the embedded controller, potentially causing system denial of service or altering hardware functionality. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but could lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.00bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:active_protection_system:1.00b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.01bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:active_protection_system:1.01b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20bCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:active_protection_system:1.20b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:active_protection_system:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lenovo:active_protection_system:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.