CVE-2020-8739

HIGH

Intel BIOS - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Potentially Dangerous Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0008/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 25.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (6)
intel/bios
netapp/aff_bios
netapp/fas_bios
netapp/hci_compute_node_bios
netapp/hci_storage_node_bios
netapp/solidfire_bios
Published Nov 12, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026