Bios
CVE-2016-8224
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A04:2025 - Cryptographic Failures
ASVS 5.0
V11 - Cryptography Cryptographic controls
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| Impact | CVSS score of 4.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.04%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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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. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-310. 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. Affected products include: Lenovo Bios, Lenovo Notebook 110 14Ibr Bios, Lenovo Notebook 110 15Ibr Bios, Lenovo Notebook B70 80 Bios, Lenovo Notebook E31 80 Bios.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low
Dell BIOS contains an improper input validation vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low
The BIOS for Lenovo ThinkCentre E93, M6500t/s, M6600, M6600q, M6600t/s, M73p, M800, M83, M8500t/s, M8600t/s, M900, M93,
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Improper conditions check in Intel BIOS platform sample code for some Intel(R) Processors before may allow a privileged
Improper buffer restrictions in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially en
Out of bounds write in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable
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