CVE-2022-4020

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-4020
  • Assigner
  • security@eset.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-11-28T13:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-12-01T20:23:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-276 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:acer:aspire_a315-22g_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:acer:aspire_a315-22g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:acer:aspire_a115-21_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:acer:aspire_a115-21:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:acer:aspire_a315-22_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:acer:aspire_a315-22:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:acer:extensa_ex215-21_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:acer:extensa_ex215-21:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:acer:extensa_ex215-21g_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:acer:extensa_ex215-21g:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://community.acer.com/en/kb/articles/15520-security-vulnerability-regarding-vulnerability-that-may-allow-changes-to-secure-boot-settings Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4020
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4020
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-12-07 18:05:16 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-18 04:33:44 2022-11-28T13:15:10.180 2022-11-28T13:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-18 04:33:44 2022-12-01T20:23:01 CVE Modified Date updated