PT-2018-18834 · Lenovo · Lenovo Chassis Management Module

Published 2018-11-16 · Updated 2018-12-20 · CVE-2018-9073

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lenovo Chassis Management Module (CMM) versions prior to 2.0.0

Description The issue concerns the use of a hardcoded encryption key in the Lenovo Chassis Management Module (CMM). This key is used to protect certain secrets. If an attacker obtains the key and has already compromised the server, they can decrypt these secrets.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.0, update to version 2.0.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the CMM to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9073

Affected Products

Lenovo Chassis Management Module

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9073 · Security Note
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-23806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9073 · Vendor Advisory