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CVE-2020-8705

Published: Nov 12, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-1188
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Insecure default initialization of resource in Intel(R) Boot Guard in Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.30.10, 14.0.45 and 14.5.25, Intel(R) TXE versions before 3.1.80 and 4.0.30, Intel(R) SPS versions before E5_04.01.04.400, E3_04.01.04.200, SoC-X_04.00.04.200 and SoC-A_04.00.04.300 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privileges via physical access.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:PAttack Vector
Physical
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-1188

Affected Products

converged security and manageability engineintelHardware Firmware
trusted execution technologyintelHardware Firmware
server platform servicesintelHardware Firmware
Intel Trusted Execution EngineIntel Corp.Hardware Firmware
Intel Converged Security and Manageability EngineIntel Corp.Hardware Firmware
intelcommercialUSHardware Firmwareaka intel corp.
intel corp.commercialUSHardware Firmwareaka intel
and 2 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201113-0002/
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201113-0004/
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201113-0005/
security.netapp.com
and 3 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Nov 12, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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