CVE-2018-9085: Missing System x Flash Memory Write Protection Lock Bit

First published: Fri Nov 16 2018(Updated: )

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.

Credit: psirt@lenovo.com

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