System Management Module Vulnerabilities

published 2018-11-27 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7949

cvss: 8.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the FFDC feature includes the collection of SMM system files containing sensitive information; notably, the SMM user account credentials and the system shadow file.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Lenovo ThinkSystem SMM 1.06

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Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Lenovo ThinkSystem SMM

References

support.lenovo.com /us/en/solutions/LEN-24374
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-16092
NVD CVE-2018-16092

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