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Elliptic Labs Virtual Lock Sensor Vulnerability

Elliptic Labs Virtual Lock Sensor Vulnerability

Elliptic Labs Virtual Lock Sensor Vulnerability

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-128081

Potential Impact: Privilege Escalation

Severity: Medium

Scope of Impact: Lenovo-specific

CVE Identifier: CVE-2023-3112

 

Summary Description:

A vulnerability was reported in Elliptic Labs Virtual Lock Sensor for ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 that could allow an attacker with local access to execute code with elevated privileges.

 

Mitigation Strategy for Customers (what you should do to protect yourself):

Upgrade to the Elliptic Virtual Lock Sensor version (or newer) indicated for your model in the Product Impact section below. 

 

Product Impact:

To download the version specified for your product below, follow these steps:

Navigate to the Drivers & Software support site for your product:

  1. Search for your product by name or machine type.
  2. Click Drivers & Software on the left menu panel.
  3. Click on Manual Update to browse by Component type.
  4. Compare the minimum fix version for your product from the applicable product table below with the latest version posted on the support site.

Lenovo also offers tools to assist with update management as an alternative to the manual steps described above. Refer to the following for additional help:

PC Products and Software: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht504759

Server and Enterprise Software: https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/lnvo-lxcaupd and https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/lnvo-center

 

Click below links to view affected products:

ThinkPad

 

Acknowledgement:

Lenovo thanks independent security researcher Antonios Tsolis for reporting this issue.

 

Revision History:

Revision Date Description
2 2023-09-14 Correct formatting
1 2023-09-12 Initial release

For a complete list of all Lenovo Product Security Advisories, click here.

For the most up to date information, please remain current with updates and advisories from Lenovo regarding your equipment and software. The information provided in this advisory is provided on an “as is” basis without any warranty or guarantee of any kind. Lenovo reserves the right to change or update this advisory at any time.

 

Product Impact:

ThinkPad

Product Component Minimum Fixed Version
T14 Gen 3 (Type 21AH, 21AJ) Laptop (ThinkPad) Elliptic Virtual Lock Sensor Service for Windows 11 (Version 21H2 or later), 10 64-bit (Version 20H2 or later) - ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 (Type 21AH, 21AJ) 3.1.50524.1
T14 Gen 3 (Type 21CF, 21CG) Laptop (ThinkPad) Elliptic Virtual Lock Sensor service for Windows 11 (Version 21H2 or later), 10 64-bit (Version 20H2 or later) - ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 (Type 21CF, 21CG) 3.1.50719.1

Alias Id:LEN-128081
Document ID:PS500576
Original Publish Date:09/12/2023
Last Modified Date:09/14/2023