CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-9085

4.9 MEDIUM Published 2018-11-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
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