CVE-2021-3453

MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS Score
Published: July 16, 2021 at 08:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:05 AM UTC
43 products affected across 1 vendorThinkPad X250 FirmwareV330-15ISK FirmwareV330-15IKB Firmware

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Severity
MEDIUM4.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Some Lenovo Notebook, ThinkPad, and Lenovo Desktop systems have BIOS modules unprotected by Intel Boot Guard that could allow an attacker with physical access the ability to write to the SPI flash storage.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
lenovo-730s-13iml (same device)
v < 2021-09-30
Affected range stops below 2021-09-30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-5-24imb05 (same device)
v < 2021-09-30
Affected range stops below 2021-09-30, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
lenovo-ideacentre-aio-5-74imb05 (same device)
All versions
lenovo-ideapad-1-14igl05 (same device)
All versions
lenovo-ideapad-s940-14iil (same device)
All versions
lenovo-ideapad-s940-14iwl (same device)
All versions
lenovo-ideapad-slim-1-11ast-05 (same device)
All versions
lenovo-ideapad-slim-1-14ast-05 (same device)
lenovo-thinkpad-helix (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-693NVD-CWE-noinfo

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