PT-2016-6659 · Lenovo · Lenovo Bios

Published 2016-06-30 · Updated 2019-09-27 · CVE-2016-5729

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lenovo BIOS (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code with System Management Mode (SMM) privileges. This is achieved via unspecified vectors, indicating a potential flaw in the Lenovo BIOS EFI Driver.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5729

Affected Products

Lenovo Bios

References · 3

• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_4901 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5729 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/91536 · Note