VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-8739
Use of potentially dangerous function in Intel BIOS platform sample code for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use of potentially dangerous function in Intel BIOS platform sample code for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- intel/bios · netapp/aff bios · netapp/fas bios · netapp/hci compute node bios · netapp/hci storage node bios · netapp/solidfire bios
- Source
- secure@intel.com
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0008/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00390Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0008/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00390Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.