GSD-2018-9085
Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22Details
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.
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"value": "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."
}
]
},
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"description": [
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}
]
}
]
},
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"name": "https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24477",
"refsource": "CONFIRM",
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],
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"availabilityImpact": "NONE",
"baseScore": 4.0,
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N",
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},
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"obtainAllPrivilege": false,
"obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
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"severity": "MEDIUM",
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"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
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}
},
"lastModifiedDate": "2019-10-03T00:03Z",
"publishedDate": "2018-11-16T14:29Z"
}
}
}
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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