System Management Module Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-16089

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Lenovo
Status
Thinksystem Smm
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 November 2018

What is CVE-2018-16089?

In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware update images is insufficiently sanitized, allowing post-authentication command injection on the SMM as the root user.

Affected Version(s)

ThinkSystem SMM < 1.06

References

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24374
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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