{"id":"CVE-2018-9069","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-9069","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:19:58.047Z","title":"In some Lenovo IdeaPad consumer notebook models, a race condition in the BIOS flash device locking mechanism is not adequately protected against, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to alter the contents of BIOS.","description":"In some Lenovo IdeaPad consumer notebook models, a race condition in the BIOS flash device locking mechanism is not adequately protected against, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to alter the contents of BIOS.","published":"2018-10-02T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:06:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@lenovo.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["hp/310s-14isk firmware","hp/320-15ikbra firmware","hp/320-15ikbrn firmware","hp/320-15ikbrn touch firmware","hp/320-17ikbrn","hp/320s-14ikb","hp/320s-15ikb firmware","hp/320s-15isk firmware","hp/510s-14isk firmware","hp/520-15ikbrn firmware","hp/520s-14ikb firmware","hp/710s plus-13ikb 16g firmware","hp/710s plus-3ikb firmware","hp/xiaoxinair13ikbpro firmware","hp/710s plus touch-13ikb firmware","hp/720s-13ikb firmware","hp/b320-14ikb firmware","lenovo/e42-80 firmware","lenovo/e52-80 firmware","hp/flex 4-1470 firmware","hp/flex 5-1470 firmware","hp/flex 5-1570 firmware","hp/ideapad 2in1 14 firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad 320-14ikb\\(i\\+a\\) firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad 320-14ikb\\(i\\+n\\) firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad 320-15abr firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad 320-15ikb\\(i\\+n\\) firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad 320s-14ikbr firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad 320s-15ikbr firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad 520s-14ikbr firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad 720s-14ikb firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad flex 5-1470 firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad flex 5-1570 firmware","hp/lenovo ideapad y520-15ikbn firmware","hp/lenovo tianyi 310-14ikb firmware","hp/lenovo tianyi 310-15ikb firmware","hp/lenovo y520-15ikba firmware","hp/lenovo y520-15ikbm firmware","hp/lenovo yoga 520-14ikb firmware","hp/lenovo yoga 520-15ikb firmware","hp/miix 720-12ikb","hp/nano110-14ikb firmware","hp/nano110-15ikb firmware","hp/rescuer r720-15ikbm firmware","hp/rescuer y520-15ikbm firmware","lenovo/v310-14ikb firmware","lenovo/v310-14isk firmware","lenovo/v310-15ikb firmware","lenovo/v310-15isk firmware","hp/v330-14ikb firmware","hp/v330-14isk firmware","lenovo/v510-14ikb firmware","lenovo/v510-15ikb firmware","hp/yoga 310-11iap firmware","hp/yoga 510-14isk firmware","hp/yoga 720-13ikb firmware","hp/yoga 720-13ikbr firmware","hp/yoga 720-15ikb firmware","hp/lenovo v720-14 firmware","hp/7000 u42 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00532,"percentile":0.44763,"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 (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-20184","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@lenovo.com"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-20184","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9069","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."}