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System Management Mode (SMM)

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-004201

A high-privilege operating mode found in x86-compatible processors used for low-level system management functions. System Management Mode is only entered after the system generates a System Management Interrupt and only executes code from a segregated block of memory.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-004201
FieldCybersecurity
AbbreviationSMM
ReferencesNIST SP 800-147; NIST SP 800-147B; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004201",
  "term": "System Management Mode (SMM)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "A high-privilege operating mode found in x86-compatible processors used for low-level system management functions. System Management Mode is only entered after the system generates a System Management Interrupt and only executes code from a segregated block of memory.",
  "abbreviation": "SMM",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-147; NIST SP 800-147B",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/system-management-mode-smm/"
}

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