CVE-2024-12673 Privilege escalation in Vantage
A local attacker can elevate privileges via an improper privilege vulnerability in the BIOS customization feature of Lenovo Vantage.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12673?
CVE-2024-12673 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Vantage, published on 12 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An improper privilege vulnerability was reported in a BIOS customization feature of Lenovo Vantage on SMB notebook devices which could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges on the system.
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)
Weakness: CWE-250
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12673?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12673?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12673 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-12673 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12673 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3hxq-f9p6-ww56.