CVE-2018-9069 BIOS Write Protection Race Condition

2018-10-0214:00:00

lenovo

www.cve.org

AI Score

5.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

34.5%

JSON

In some Lenovo IdeaPad consumer notebook models, a race condition in the BIOS flash device locking mechanism is not adequately protected against, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to alter the contents of BIOS.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "IdeaPad",
    "vendor": "Lenovo Group LTD",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "various",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "various",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-20184