VDB-93902 · CVE-2016-8222 · BID 94409

Lenovo ThinkPad Kernel Driver access control

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A vulnerability was found in Lenovo ThinkPad (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability has been identified in a signed kernel driver for the BIOS of some ThinkPad systems that can allow an attacker with Windows administrator-level privileges to call System Management Mode (SMM) services. This could lead to a denial of service attack or allow certain BIOS variables or settings to be altered (such as boot sequence). The setting or changing of BIOS passwords is not affected by this vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 11/17/2016. The weakness was disclosed 11/30/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-8222 since 09/16/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 13 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

09/16/2016 🔍
11/17/2016 +62 days 🔍
11/18/2016 +1 days 🔍
11/30/2016 +12 days 🔍
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06/13/2019 +925 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-8222 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 94409 - Multiple Lenovo ThinkPad Products CVE-2016-8222 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/30/2016 21:00
Updated: 06/13/2019 11:32
Changes: 11/30/2016 21:00 (49), 06/13/2019 11:32 (13)
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