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CVE-2016-8222· NVD / CVE Program· CNA lenovo

A vulnerability has been identified in a signed kernel driver for the BIOS of some ThinkPad systems that can allow an attacker with Windows

A vulnerability has been identified in a signed kernel driver for the BIOS of some ThinkPad systems that can allow an attacker with Windows administrator-level privileges to call System Management Mode (SMM) services. This could lead to a denial of service attack or allow certain BIOS variables or settings to be altered (such as boot sequence). The setting or changing of BIOS passwords is not affected by this vulnerability.

MediumCVSS 4.4 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 30, 2016
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 21th percentile
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Action score

17

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
lenovothinkpad 10 ella 2 bios
lenovothinkpad 11e beema bios
lenovothinkpad 11e braswell bios
lenovothinkpad 11e broadwell bios
lenovothinkpad 11e skylake bios
lenovothinkpad 13e bios
lenovothinkpad e450 bios
lenovothinkpad e450c bios
lenovothinkpad e455 bios
lenovothinkpad e460 bios
lenovothinkpad e465 bios
lenovothinkpad e550 bios

and 136 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • lenovo thinkpad 10 ella 2 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad 11e beema biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad 11e braswell biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad 11e broadwell biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad 11e skylake biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad 13e biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e450 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e450c biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e455 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e460 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e465 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e550 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e550c biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e555 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e560 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad e565 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad edge e440 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad edge e445 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad edge e540 biosall versions
  • lenovo thinkpad edge e545 biosall versions

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (lenovo). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Lenovo Group Ltd. ThinkPad systems

    • variousaffected

Same product

lenovo: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2017-3756A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Lenovo Active Protection System for ThinkPad systems versions earlier than 1.82.0.17.
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-284 · Improper Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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