CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-9085

A write protection lock bit was left unset after boot on an older generation of Lenovo and IBM System x servers, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to modify the subset of flash memory containing Intel Server Platform Services (SPS) and the system Flash Descriptors.

4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

4.9 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24477 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1
Information

Published : 2018-11-16 02:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-9085

Mitre link : CVE-2018-9085

Products Affected

Ibm

System X3250 M4 Firmware

CWE
CWE-1233

Security-Sensitive Hardware Controls with Missing Lock Bit Protection