Lenovo System Management Module up to 1.05 SMM Certificate command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Lenovo System Management Module up to 1.05. This impacts an unknown function of the component SMM Certificate Handler. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-16090. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo System Management Module up to 1.05. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component SMM Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM certificate creation and parsing logic is vulnerable to post-authentication command injection.

The bug was discovered 11/15/2018. The weakness was presented 11/27/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at support.lenovo.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-16090 since 08/29/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 12 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.06 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-127212, VDB-127214, VDB-127215 and VDB-127216 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: System Management Module 1.06

Timelineinfo

08/29/2018 🔍
11/15/2018 +78 days 🔍
11/27/2018 +12 days 🔍
11/27/2018 +0 days 🔍
11/28/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/15/2020 +504 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: support.lenovo.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-16090 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16090
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127213
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/28/2018 10:44
Updated: 04/15/2020 16:06
Changes: 11/28/2018 10:44 (59), 04/15/2020 16:06 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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