High severity · published Nov 27, 2018
CVE-2018-16090
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM certificate creation and parsing logic is vulnerable to post-authentication command injection
7.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM certificate creation and parsing logic is vulnerable to post-authentication command injection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SM
System Management Module Firmware · Lenovo
before 1.06 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16090
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16090
Vendor Advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24374
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