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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-12300

Uninitialized pointer in BIOS firmware for Intel(R) Server Board Families S2600CW, S2600KP, S2600TP, and S2600WT may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

HIGH 8.2EPSS 0.34%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Uninitialized pointer in BIOS firmware for Intel(R) Server Board Families S2600CW, S2600KP, S2600TP, and S2600WT may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS 3.1
8.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.34% probability · 27th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-824
Affected
intel/s2600cw2 firmware · intel/s2600cw2s firmware · intel/s2600cwt firmware · intel/s2600cwts firmware · intel/s2600cw2r firmware · intel/s2600cw2sr firmware · intel/s2600cwtr firmware · intel/s2600cwtsr firmware · intel/s2600kp firmware · intel/s2600kpf firmware · intel/s2600kpr firmware · intel/s2600kpfr firmware · intel/s2600kptr firmware · intel/s2600tp firmware · intel/s2600tpf firmware · intel/s2600tpfr firmware · intel/s2600tpnr firmware · intel/s2600tpr firmware · intel/s2600wt2 firmware · intel/s2600wtt firmware · +3 more
Source
secure@intel.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.