What is CVE-2022-3700?

CVE-2022-3700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Hardware Scan Addin, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-3700?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lenovo Hardware Scan Addin

CVE-2022-3700

A Time of Check Time of Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability was reported in the Lenovo Vantage SystemUpdate Plugin version 2.0.0.212 and earlier that could allow a local attacker to delete arbitrary files.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

Published 2023-10-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (1.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 1st percentile — 1.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-94532 (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3700?: CVE-2022-3700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Hardware Scan Addin, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-3700?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.