CVE-2018-9085

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 4.9
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-9085
  • Assigner
  • psirt@lenovo.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-11-16T14:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-03T00:03:26
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-276 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:flex_system_x240_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR a3e122b
cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:flex_system_x240_m4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:flex_system_x440_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR cge122b
cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:flex_system_x440_m4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:system_x3750_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR a5e124b
cpe:2.3:h:lenovo:system_x3750_m4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:bladecenter_hs23_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR tke160c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:bladecenter:hs23:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:bladecenter_hs23e_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR ahe160c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:bladecenter:hs23e:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:flex_system_x220_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR kse158c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x220:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:flex_system_x222_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR cce160c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x222_m4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:flex_system_x240_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR ahe160c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x240_m4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:flex_system_x280_x6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR n3e132w
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x280_x6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:flex_system_x440_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR cne162d
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x440_m4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:flex_system_x480_x6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR n3e132w
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x480_x6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:flex_system_x880_x6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR n2e130e
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:flex_system_x880_x6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:idataplex_dx360_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR fhe120d
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:idataplex_dx360_m4_:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:idataplex_dx360_m4_water_cooled_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR fhe120d
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:idataplex_dx360_m4_:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3100_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR jqe184c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3100_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3100_m5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR j9e134c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3100_m5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3250_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR jqe184c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3250_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3250_m5_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR jue134c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3250_m5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3300_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR yae156c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3300_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3500_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR y5e158c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3500_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3530_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR bee164c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3530_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3550_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR d7e166d
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3550_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3630_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR vve162c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3630_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3650_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR vve160c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3650_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3650_m4_bd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR vve160c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3650_m4_bd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3650_m4_hd_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR vve160c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3650_m4_hd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3750_m4_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR koe160c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3750_m4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3850_x6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR a8e128c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3850_x6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:system_x3950_x6_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR bee164c
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:system_x3950_x6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24477 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9085
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9085
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:44:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 14:30:46 2018-11-16T14:29Z 2018-11-16T14:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 14:30:46 2019-10-03T00:03:26 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 14:30:46 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated