Lenovo Notebook and ThinkServer Systems Vulnerability: Administrative Privilege Exploit for Intel Management Engine (ME) Circumvention

CVE-2016-8224 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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