CVE-2021-3462

5.5 MEDIUM

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Power Management Driver for Windows 10, prior to version 1.67.17.54, that could allow unau...

Published: 2021-04-13 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE: CWE-276

Affected products

Vendor	Product
lenovo	power_management_driver

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability in Lenovo Power Management Driver for Windows 10, prior to version 1.67.17.54, that could allow unauthorized access to the driver's device object.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3462
[Vendor advisory]https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-59174
[Vendor advisory]https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-59174

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