CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-9085
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-11-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-276
Description
A write protection lock bit was left unset after boot on an older generation of Lenovo and IBM System x servers, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to modify the subset of flash memory containing Intel Server Platform Services (SPS) and the system Flash Descriptors.
Affected configurations
• lenovo flex system x240 m4 firmware (< a3e122b)
• lenovo flex system x440 m4 firmware (< cge122b)
• lenovo system x3750 m4 firmware (< a5e124b)
• ibm bladecenter hs23 firmware (< tke160c)
• ibm bladecenter hs23e firmware (< ahe160c)
• ibm flex system x220 m4 firmware (< kse158c)
• ibm flex system x222 m4 firmware (< cce160c)
• ibm flex system x240 m4 firmware (< ahe160c)
• ibm flex system x280 x6 firmware (< n3e132w)
• ibm flex system x440 m4 firmware (< cne162d)
• ibm flex system x480 x6 firmware (< n3e132w)
• ibm flex system x880 x6 firmware (< n2e130e)
• ibm idataplex dx360 m4 firmware (< fhe120d)
• ibm idataplex dx360 m4 water cooled firmware (< fhe120d)
• ibm system x3100 m4 firmware (< jqe184c)
• ibm system x3100 m5 firmware (< j9e134c)
• ibm system x3250 m4 firmware (< jqe184c)
• ibm system x3250 m5 firmware (< jue134c)
• ibm system x3300 m4 firmware (< yae156c)
• ibm system x3500 m4 firmware (< y5e158c)
• ibm system x3530 m4 firmware (< bee164c)
• ibm system x3550 m4 firmware (< d7e166d)
• ibm system x3630 m4 firmware (< vve162c)
• ibm system x3650 m4 firmware (< vve160c)
• ibm system x3650 m4 bd firmware (< vve160c)
• ibm system x3650 m4 hd firmware (< vve160c)
• ibm system x3750 m4 firmware (< koe160c)
• ibm system x3850 x6 firmware (< a8e128c)
• ibm system x3950 x6 firmware (< bee164c)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-1233 Security-Sensitive Hardware Controls with Missing Lock Bit Protection weakness
References
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24477 Vendor Advisory
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24477 Vendor Advisory