Vulnerabilites related to Acer - Extensa EX215-21
CVE-2022-4020 (GCVE-0-2022-4020)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-28 13:00
Modified
2025-04-14 18:16
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Summary
Vulnerability in the HQSwSmiDxe DXE driver on some consumer Acer Notebook devices may allow an attacker with elevated privileges to modify UEFI Secure Boot settings by modifying an NVRAM variable.
References
Impacted products
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▼ | Acer | Aspire A315-22 |
Version: 1.04 < 1.11 |
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