Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU46549

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Intel products - CVE-2020-0571

Published: September 9, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU46549

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0571

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper conditions check in BIOS firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processors and Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver Processor Series. A local user can run a specially crafted program to gain access to sensitive information.

Affected software

Intel Pentium Processor Silver Series
10th Generation Intel Core Processors
8th Generation Intel Core Processors
9th Generation Intel Core Processors

How to mitigate CVE-2020-0571

Intel recommends that users of above Intel® products update to the latest BIOS version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

External References

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00347.html

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