Local privilege escalation via unrestricted driver IOCTLs
Published Oct 24, 2023 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Out-of-bounds write in Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin before 1.3.1.2 and Diagnostics before 4.45 lets local users elevate privileges. The LenovoDiagnosticsDriver exposes device IOCTLs to low-privilege callers, including operations that copy caller-supplied data into mapped physical memory and enable arbitrary physical or virtual memory reads and writes. Local access to an affected Windows host is required; successful exploitation converts ordinary user access into elevated code execution with control over system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds write in Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin before 1.3.1.2 and Diagnostics before 4.45 lets local users elevate privileges. The LenovoDiagnosticsDriver exposes device IOCTLs to low-privilege callers, including operations that copy caller-supplied data into mapped physical memory and enable arbitrary physical or virtual memory reads and writes. Local access to an affected Windows host is required; successful exploitation converts ordinary user access into elevated code execution with control over system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3699
- Published
- Oct 24, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Lenovo
- Product
- Lenovo HardwareScan Plugin
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 24, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected version<1.3.1.2
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Public exploit references
- Metasploit Lenovo Diagnostics Driver IOCTL memmove moduleweaponized · validated
- Lenovo Diagnostics Driver EoP proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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