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CVE-2016-8224 — Lenovo Bios security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4.6

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.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.6 (2.0)
Published
2016-11-29
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-310

Affected products

  • lenovo / bios
  • lenovo / notebook_110_14ibr_bios
  • lenovo / notebook_110_15ibr_bios
  • lenovo / notebook_b70_80_bios
  • lenovo / notebook_e31_80_bios
  • lenovo / notebook_e40_80_bios

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Matched remediation archetype

Privilege escalation and unsafe privilege management

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Check exposure

  • Map service accounts, operating-system identities, roles, capabilities, impersonation, set-user transitions, and administrative helper paths.
  • Determine whether untrusted users or lower-privilege processes can reach the affected transition or modify inputs it trusts.
  • Review file, socket, registry, device, job, container, and cloud-role permissions used before and after privilege changes.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and redesign privileged operations as a minimal, authenticated, allowlisted interface.
  • Drop privileges before processing untrusted input, verify the drop succeeds, and remove unnecessary roles, capabilities, and write permissions.
  • Validate ownership and permissions at time of use and add explicit lower-to-higher privilege boundary tests.

Authoritative sources

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