What is CVE-2018-9085?

CVE-2018-9085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Bladecenter, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-9085?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ibm Bladecenter

CVE-2018-9085

A write protection lock bit was left unset after boot on an older generation of Lenovo and IBM System x servers, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to modify the subset of flash memory containing Intel Server Platform Services (SPS) and the system Flash Descriptors.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Bladecenter — versions hs23, hs23e
Ibm Bladecenter_hs23e_firmware
Ibm Bladecenter_hs23_firmware
Ibm Flex_system_x220
Ibm Flex_system_x220_m4_firmware
Ibm Flex_system_x222_m4
Ibm Flex_system_x222_m4_firmware
Ibm Flex_system_x240_m4
Ibm Flex_system_x240_m4_firmware
Ibm Flex_system_x280_x6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

psirt@lenovo.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9085?: CVE-2018-9085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Bladecenter, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2018-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-9085?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.