CVE-2020-8335 describes a vulnerability in specific Lenovo ThinkPad models (A285, A485, T495, T495s/X395) where the BIOS tamper detection mechanism fails to trigger when the emergency-reset button is pressed, potentially allowing unauthorized access. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) has a physical attack vector and low complexity, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2020-08-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_a275_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2020-08-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_a285_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2020-08-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_a475_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2020-08-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_a485_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2020-08-30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_t495_drift_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.