CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.0 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Intel Server Platform Service (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
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.
The bug was discovered 11/15/2018. The weakness was released 11/16/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.lenovo.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-9085 since 03/27/2018. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/13/2020). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 4.9
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Default permissionCWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Timeline
03/27/2018 🔍11/15/2018 🔍
11/16/2018 🔍
11/16/2018 🔍
11/17/2018 🔍
04/13/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: intel.comAdvisory: support.lenovo.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2018-9085 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 11/17/2018 11:36Updated: 04/13/2020 21:17
Changes: 11/17/2018 11:36 (54), 04/13/2020 21:17 (2)
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