What is CVE-2016-8224?

CVE-2016-8224 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Bios, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2016-11-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-8224?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lenovo Bios

CVE-2016-8224

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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

psirt@lenovo.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@lenovo.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8224?: CVE-2016-8224 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Bios, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2016-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-8224?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.