CVE-2018-9068 — The IMM2 First Failure Data Capture function collects management module logs and diagnostic information when a hardware error is detected

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HIGH

The IMM2 First Failure Data Capture function collects management module logs and diagnostic information when a hardware error is detected

Published Jul 26, 2018

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.05%

Description

The IMM2 First Failure Data Capture function collects management module logs and diagnostic information when a hardware error is detected. This information is made available for download through an SFTP server hosted on the IMM2 management network interface. In versions earlier than 4.90 for Lenovo System x and earlier than 6.80 for IBM System x, the credentials to access the SFTP server are hard-coded and described in the IMM2 documentation, allowing an attacker with management network access to obtain the collected FFDC data. After applying the update, the IMM2 will create random SFTP credentials for use with OneCLI.

Affected products

Vendor IBM Corporation Product System x IMM2 Default
n/a
- Version
  firmware versions earlier than 6.80
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -
Vendor Lenovo Group Ltd. Product System x IMM2 Default
n/a
- Version
  firmware versions earlier than 4.90
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

IBM Corporation

System x IMM2

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
firmware versions earlier than 6.80	affected	-

Lenovo Group Ltd.

System x IMM2

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
firmware versions earlier than 4.90	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.05% 0.01053

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01053

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.05% (0.01053)	63.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.05% (0.01053)	59.77th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.25% (0.00248)	46.13th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.16% (0.00156)	53.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.16% (0.00156)	52.10th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.16% (0.00156)	50.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	3.19% (0.03195)	65.26th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	3.19% (0.03195)	64.93th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	3.19% (0.03195)	81.37th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	3.19% (0.03195)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-798

Hard-coded Credentials

References (1)

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-20227
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-20227		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner lenovo

Published Jul 26, 2018

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Mar 27, 2018

Link CVE-2018-9068

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-9068

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2018-9068