CVE-2018-16089: In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware update images is insufficiently sanitized, allowing…

PriorityP349high7.5CVSS 3.0

AVNACHPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.74%

75.0th percentile

In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware update images is insufficiently sanitized, allowing post-authentication command injection on the SMM as the root user.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
lenovo	system_management_module_firmware	< 1.06	1.06
lenovo	thinksystem_smm	>= unspecified < 1.06	1.06

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.08.5HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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