PT-2020-4901 · Intel · Intel Processors

Published 2020-11-10 · Updated 2021-01-28 · CVE-2020-8739

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Intel(R) Processors (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to the use of a potentially dangerous function in the Intel BIOS platform sample code, which may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. This is due to insufficient access control in the BIOS firmware.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-05476

CVE-2020-8739

Affected Products

Intel Processors

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8739 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-05476 · Security Note
• https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00390.html · Note
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0008 · Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2020111606 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/9031 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/16229 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/6104 · Telegram Post