System Management Module Vulnerabilities

published 2018-11-27 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7947

cvss: 7.5; 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 SMM certificate creation and parsing logic is vulnerable to post-authentication command injection.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Lenovo ThinkSystem SMM 1.06

Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Lenovo ThinkSystem SMM

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

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

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-16090
NVD CVE-2018-16090

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Summary