CVE-2022-3702
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA denial of service vulnerability was reported in Lenovo Vantage HardwareScan Plugin version 1.3.0.5 and earlier that could allow a local attacker to delete contents of an arbitrary directory under certain conditions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA directory traversal vulnerability in Lenovo Vantage HardwareScan Plugin versions 1.3.0.5 and earlier allows a local attacker to delete contents of arbitrary directories through path traversal, resulting in denial of service via file system manipulation.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2.0.0.213< 1.3.1.2< 2.4.1.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Lenovo Vantage is installedOpen Windows Settings > Apps > Apps & features and search for 'Lenovo Vantage', or check Program Files for Lenovo Vantage directoryAffected if Lenovo Vantage is not found on the system, the vulnerability does not apply
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Determine Lenovo System Update Plugin versionOpen Lenovo Vantage, navigate to Settings > About > System Update Plugin, or check the plugin DLL version in the installation directoryAffected if Version is less than 2.0.0.213
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Determine Lenovo Hardware Scan Plugin versionOpen Lenovo Vantage, navigate to Settings > About > Hardware Scan Plugin, or locate the HardwareScan plugin DLL and check its file properties versionAffected if Version is less than 1.3.1.2
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Determine Lenovo Hardware Scan Addin versionOpen Lenovo Vantage, navigate to Settings > About > Hardware Scan Addin, or locate the addin component and check its version informationAffected if Version is less than 2.4.1.1
A system is affected if Lenovo Vantage with any of its System Update Plugin (< 2.0.0.213), Hardware Scan Plugin (< 1.3.1.2), or Hardware Scan Addin (< 2.4.1.1) components is installed and the HardwareScan functionality is present.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped1.3.1.22.0.0.2132.4.1.1
Update Lenovo Vantage HardwareScan Plugin to a version newer than 1.3.0.5; as this is a local attack, restrict physical and logical access to systems running the affected software.
System Update Plugin >= 2.0.0.213, Hardware Scan Plugin >= 1.3.1.2, Hardware Scan Addin >= 2.4.1.1
- Open Lenovo Vantage application
- Navigate to the settings or about section
- Check current version of System Update Plugin, Hardware Scan Plugin, and Hardware Scan Addin
- If any component version is below the fixed version (System Update Plugin < 2.0.0.213, Hardware Scan Plugin < 1.3.1.2, Hardware Scan Addin < 2.4.1.1), update Lenovo Vantage to the latest version from Lenovo support website
- After update, verify all three components meet or exceed the fixed versions
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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