PT-2018-18846 · Lenovo+2 · Lenovo System X+2

Published 2018-11-16 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-9085

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lenovo and IBM System x servers (affected versions not specified)

Description A security issue was found in older generation Lenovo and IBM System x servers. The problem is related to a write protection lock bit that is not set after the system boots. This could allow an attacker who already has administrator access to change certain parts of the system's flash memory. Specifically, the attacker could modify the Intel Server Platform Services (SPS) and the system Flash Descriptors.

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

Incorrect Default Permissions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-276

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9085

Affected Products

Ibm System X

Intel Server Platform Services

Lenovo System X

References · 3

• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24477 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9085 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9085 · Vendor Advisory