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01 Record

CVE-2020-8764

Improper access control in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: intel
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Improper access control in BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 35.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-11-12 18:04Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 10:12Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-02-06
Assigning CNA
intel
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
2fb9e410e334d954b46668eb996d6b1639840ba1e0b2ca99e295457879140c2e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aIntel(R) ProcessorsSee references—

06 References