CVE-2016-8222 | BDVDB-2026-79496 Detail

Lenovo GroupThinkPad systems

Description#

A vulnerability has been identified in a signed kernel driver for the BIOS of some ThinkPad systems that can allow an attacker with Windows administrator-level privileges to call System Management Mode (SMM) services. This could lead to a denial of service attack or allow certain BIOS variables or settings to be altered (such as boot sequence). The setting or changing of BIOS passwords is not affected by this vulnerability.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94409
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN_8327

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-11-30Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.