VDB-93869 · CVE-2016-8224 · BID 94595

Lenovo Notebook/ThinkServer Intel Management Engine cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Lenovo Notebook and ThinkServer. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Intel Management Engine. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-8224. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lenovo Notebook and ThinkServer (version now known). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Intel Management Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in some Lenovo Notebook and ThinkServer systems where an attacker with administrative privileges on a system could install a program that circumvents Intel Management Engine (ME) protections. This could result in a denial of service or privilege escalation attack on the system.

The bug was discovered 11/29/2016. The weakness was shared 11/29/2016 by Alexander with Digital Security (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-8224 since 09/16/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94595†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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09/16/2016 🔍
11/29/2016 +74 days 🔍
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11/30/2016 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: lenovo.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Alexander
Organization: Digital Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-8224 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8224
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93869
SecurityFocus: 94595 - Multiple Lenovo Products CVE-2016-8224 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/30/2016 10:33
Updated: 06/12/2019 16:55
Changes: 11/30/2016 10:33 (47), 06/12/2019 16:55 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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