PT-2018-13402 · Unknown · System Management Module

Published 2018-11-27 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-16089

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

8.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06

Description The issue arises from insufficient sanitization of a field in the header of SMM firmware update images, allowing post-authentication command injection on the SMM as the root user.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.06, update to version 1.06 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-16089

Affected Products

System Management Module

References · 3

• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24374 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16089 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16089 · Security Note