PT-2018-18830 · Lenovo · Lenovo Ideapad

Published 2018-10-02 · Updated 2020-02-18 · CVE-2018-9069

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.0

High

Base vector

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

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

Description A race condition in the BIOS flash device locking mechanism of some Lenovo IdeaPad consumer notebook models is not adequately protected, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to alter the contents of BIOS.

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

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9069

Affected Products

Lenovo Ideapad

References · 3

• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-20184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9069 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9069 · Vendor Advisory