Lenovo ThinkPad System Management Mode arbitrary code execution exploit

vendor:

ThinkPad Series

by:

Cr4sh

9,8

CVSS

HIGH

System Management Mode arbitrary code execution

N/A

CWE

Product Name: ThinkPad Series

Affected Version From: X220

Affected Version To: T450s

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: o:lenovo:thinkpad_series

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows, Linux, Mac

2016

Lenovo ThinkPad System Management Mode arbitrary code execution exploit

This code exploits a 0day privilege escalation vulnerability (or backdoor?) in SystemSmmRuntimeRt UEFI driver (GUID is 7C79AC8C-5E6C-4E3D-BA6F-C260EE7C172E) of Lenovo firmware. Running of arbitrary System Management Mode code allows attacker to disable flash write protection and infect platform firmware, disable Secure Boot, bypass Virtual Secure Mode (Credential Guard, etc.) on Windows 10 Enterprise and do others evil things.

Mitigation:

Update the firmware to the latest version.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Source: https://github.com/Cr4sh/ThinkPwn

 Lenovo ThinkPad System Management Mode arbitrary code execution exploit

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For more information about this project please read the following article:

http://blog.cr4.sh/2016/06/exploring-and-exploiting-lenovo.html


This code exploits 0day privileges escalation vulnerability (or backdoor?) in SystemSmmRuntimeRt UEFI driver (GUID is 7C79AC8C-5E6C-4E3D-BA6F-C260EE7C172E) of Lenovo firmware. Vulnerability is present in all of the ThinkPad series laptops, the oldest one that I have checked is X220 and the neweset one is T450s (with latest firmware versions available at this moment). Running of arbitrary System Management Mode code allows attacker to disable flash write protection and infect platform firmware, disable Secure Boot, bypass Virtual Secure Mode (Credential Guard, etc.) on Windows 10 Enterprise and do others evil things.


Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/40040.zip