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HistorySep 20, 2018 - 3:30 p.m.

BIOS Write Protection Race Condition - Lenovo Support NL

2018-09-2015:30:00
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0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.7%

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-20184

**Potential Impact:**Privilege escalation

Severity: High

Scope of Impact: Lenovo-specific

**CVE Identifier:**CVE-2018-9069

Summary Description:

In several consumer notebook models, a race condition in BIOS flash device locking mechanism is not adequately protected against, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to alter the contents of BIOS.

Mitigation Strategy for Customers (what you should do to protect yourself):

Update BIOS to the version (or newer) described for your model in the product impact section below.

Product Impact:

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.7%

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