CVE-2018-9083 describes a critical vulnerability in Lenovo System Management Module (SMM) firmware versions prior to 1.06, affecting various Lenovo ThinkAgile and ThinkSystem enclosure products. This flaw involves weak default root credentials that, if SSH or Telnet are enabled through another vulnerability, could grant an unauthenticated attacker full control over the device OS. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:system_management_module_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.