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CVE-2018-9085

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 administ…

Impact

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 products

VendorProductAffected versions
LenovoFlex System X240 M4 Firmware
before a3e122b
LenovoFlex System X440 M4 Firmware
before cge122b
LenovoSystem X3750 M4 Firmware
before a5e124b
IbmBladecenter Hs23 Firmware
before tke160c
IbmBladecenter Hs23e Firmware
before ahe160c
IbmFlex System X220 M4 Firmware
before kse158c
IbmFlex System X222 M4 Firmware
before cce160c
IbmFlex System X240 M4 Firmware
before ahe160c
IbmFlex System X280 X6 Firmware
before n3e132w
IbmFlex System X440 M4 Firmware
before cne162d
IbmFlex System X480 X6 Firmware
before n3e132w
IbmFlex System X880 X6 Firmware
before n2e130e

Weakness classification

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