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CVE-2016-8222

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Publication date:
30/11/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
4.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
4.70
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_10_ella_2_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_11e_beema_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_11e_braswell_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_11e_broadwell_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_11e_skylake_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_13e_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e450_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e450c_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e455_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e460_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e465_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e550_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e550c_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e555_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_e560_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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