CVE-2023-4706 — A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in Lenovo preloaded devices de

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in Lenovo preloaded devices deployed using Microsoft AutoPilot under a standard user account due to incorrect default privileges.

01What is this vulnerability?

A privilege escalation vulnerability was reported in Lenovo preloaded devices deployed using Microsoft AutoPilot under a standard user account due to incorrect default privileges.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Lenovo	1Lenovo Preload Directory	Refer to Mitigation strategy section in LEN-127385

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-08T21:59:24.521Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T07:37:59.548Z

09References

• support.lenovo.com — https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-127385