VDB-127214 · CVE-2018-16091 · GCVE-0-2018-16091

Lenovo System Management Module up to 1.05 SMM Certificate memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Lenovo System Management Module up to 1.05. Affected is an unknown function of the component SMM Certificate Handler. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-16091. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo System Management Module up to 1.05. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component SMM Certificate Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM certificate creation and parsing logic is vulnerable to several buffer overflows.

The bug was discovered 11/15/2018. The weakness was shared 11/27/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at support.lenovo.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-16091 since 08/29/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Lenovo

Name

System Management Module

Version

1.05

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.lenovo.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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NVD Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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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-2018-16091 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16091
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127214
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/28/2018 10:44
Updated: 04/15/2020 16:09
Changes: 11/28/2018 10:44 (59), 04/15/2020 16:09 (2)
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