{"id":"CVE-2018-9085","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-9085","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:19:06.035Z","title":"A write protection lock bit was left unset after boot on an older generation of Lenovo and IBM System x servers, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to modify the subset of flash memory containing Intel Server Platform Services…","description":"A write protection lock bit was left unset after boot on an older generation of Lenovo and IBM System x servers, potentially allowing an attacker with administrator access to modify the subset of flash memory containing Intel Server Platform Services (SPS) and the system Flash Descriptors.","published":"2018-11-16T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:06:04.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@lenovo.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-276"],"affected":["lenovo/flex system x240 m4 firmware","lenovo/flex system x440 m4 firmware","lenovo/system x3750 m4 firmware","ibm/bladecenter hs23 firmware","ibm/bladecenter hs23e firmware","ibm/flex system x220 m4 firmware","ibm/flex system x222 m4 firmware","ibm/flex system x240 m4 firmware","ibm/flex system x280 x6 firmware","ibm/flex system x440 m4 firmware","ibm/flex system x480 x6 firmware","ibm/flex system x880 x6 firmware","ibm/idataplex dx360 m4 firmware","ibm/idataplex dx360 m4 water cooled firmware","ibm/system x3100 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3100 m5 firmware","ibm/system x3250 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3250 m5 firmware","ibm/system x3300 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3500 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3530 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3550 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3630 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3650 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3650 m4 bd firmware","ibm/system x3650 m4 hd firmware","ibm/system x3750 m4 firmware","ibm/system x3850 x6 firmware","ibm/system x3950 x6 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00664,"percentile":0.51536,"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 (0.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24477","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@lenovo.com"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-24477","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9085","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."}