CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-8705

Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

Published: Nov 12, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Insecure default initialization of resource in Intel(R) Boot Guard in Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.30.10, 14.0.45 and 14.5.25, Intel(R) TXE versions before 3.1.80 and 4.0.30, Intel(R) SPS versions before E5_04.01.04.400, E3_04.01.04.200, SoC-X_04.00.04.200 and SoC-A_04.00.04.300 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privileges via physical access.

Weakness

The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the product’s installer, administrator, or maintainer, but the default is not secure.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Converged_security_and_manageability_engineIntel*11.8.80 (excluding)
Converged_security_and_manageability_engineIntel11.12.0 (including)11.12.80 (excluding)
Converged_security_and_manageability_engineIntel11.22.0 (including)11.22.80 (excluding)
Converged_security_and_manageability_engineIntel12.0 (including)12.0.70 (excluding)
Converged_security_and_manageability_engineIntel13.0 (including)13.0.40 (excluding)
Converged_security_and_manageability_engineIntel13.30.0 (including)13.30.10 (excluding)
Converged_security_and_manageability_engineIntel14.0 (including)14.0.45 (excluding)

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