CVE-2018-16095
System Management Module Vulnerabilities
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM records hashed passwords to a debug log when user authentication fails.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM records hashed passwords to a debug log when user authentication fails.
- Record
CVE-2018-16095- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
System Management Module Vulnerabilities
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM records hashed passwords to a debug log when user authentication fails.
- Record
CVE-2018-16095- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7952 No score
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM records hashed passwords to a debug log when user authentication fails.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7952- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j536-pjxm-6xvj
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM records hashed passwords to a...
In System Management Module (SMM) versions prior to 1.06, the SMM records hashed passwords to a debug log when user authentication fails.
- Record
GHSA-j536-pjxm-6xvj- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- 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-2018-16095 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) 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 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.