CVE-2018-16089
System Management Module Vulnerabilities
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware update images is insufficiently sanitized, allowing post-authentication command injection on the SMM as the root user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware update images is insufficiently sanitized, allowing post-authentication command injection on the SMM as the root user.
- Record
CVE-2018-16089- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 8.5 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
System Management Module Vulnerabilities
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware update images is insufficiently sanitized, allowing post-authentication command injection on the SMM as the root user.
- Record
CVE-2018-16089- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7946 No score
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware update images is insufficiently sanitized, allowing post-authentication command injection on the SMM as the root user.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7946- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c33r-r827-v785
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware...
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, a field in the header of SMM firmware update images is insufficiently sanitized, allowing post-authentication command injection on the SMM as the root user.
- Record
GHSA-c33r-r827-v785- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16089 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Lenovo System Management Module Firmware, published November 27, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.74%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.