{"id":"CVE-2016-8224","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8224","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:56:20.913Z","title":"A vulnerability has been identified in some Lenovo Notebook and ThinkServer systems where an attacker with administrative privileges on a system could install a program that circumvents Intel Management Engine (ME) protections.","description":"A vulnerability has been identified in some Lenovo Notebook and ThinkServer systems where an attacker with administrative privileges on a system could install a program that circumvents Intel Management Engine (ME) protections. This could result in a denial of service or privilege escalation attack on the system.","published":"2016-11-29T20:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@lenovo.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["lenovo/bios","lenovo/notebook 110 14ibr bios","lenovo/notebook 110 15ibr bios","lenovo/notebook b70 80 bios","lenovo/notebook e31 80 bios","lenovo/notebook e40 80 bios","lenovo/notebook e41 80 bios","lenovo/notebook e51 80 bios","lenovo/notebook g40 80 bios","lenovo/notebook g50 80 bios","lenovo/notebook g50 80 touch bios","lenovo/notebook ideapad 300 14ibr bios","lenovo/notebook ideapad 300 14isk bios","lenovo/notebook ideapad 300 15ibr bios","lenovo/notebook ideapad 300 15isk bios","lenovo/notebook ideapad 300 17isk bios","lenovo/notebook ideapad 510s 12isk bios","lenovo/notebook k21 80 bios","lenovo/notebook k41 80 bios","lenovo/notebook miix 710 12ikb bios","lenovo/notebook xiaoxin air 12 bios","lenovo/notebook yoga 510 14isk bios","lenovo/notebook yoga 510 15isk bios","lenovo/notebook yoga 710 11ikb bios","lenovo/notebook yoga 710 11isk bios","lenovo/notebook yoga 900 13isk bios","lenovo/notebook yoga 900s 12isk bios","lenovo/thinkserver ts150 bios","lenovo/thinkserver ts450 bios"],"epss":{"score":0.00304,"percentile":0.23044,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94595","source":"psirt@lenovo.com"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN_9903","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@lenovo.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94595","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN_9903","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8224","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}