CVE-2019-6190
No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 18th percentile. A vendor fix is available.
What to do
The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.
What it is
From the CVE record
Lenovo was notified of a potential denial of service vulnerability, affecting various versions of BIOS for Lenovo Desktop, Desktop - All in One, and ThinkStation, that could cause PCRs to be cleared intermittently after resuming from sleep (S3) on systems with Intel TXT enabled.
In plain language
No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.
Exploitation
Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.
- CISA KEV
Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.
- Public exploits
No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.
- EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 18th percentile of scored CVEs.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.
Lifecycle
5 events over 1742 days, from the signal feeds we watch.
- Patch availablerecord updated
- Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped
Affected products
- BIOSHardware Firmware
- thinkcentre e93 firmwareHardware Firmware
- thinkcentre m6500s firmwareHardware Firmware
- thinkcentre m6500t firmwareHardware Firmware
- thinkcentre m73p firmwareHardware Firmware
- thinkcentre m83 firmwareHardware Firmware
- thinkcentre m8500s firmwareHardware Firmware
- thinkcentre m8500t firmwareHardware Firmware
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Technical detail
CVSS 3.1 vector
Open in the CVSS calculatorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Scored 5.0 by NVD.
How it is reached
- Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
- Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
- Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
- User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action
Scope
- Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself
Impact if exploited
- Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
- Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
- Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable
Weaknesses
ATT&CK techniques
Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.
- Privilege EscalationT1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationlow confidence
Sources
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