CVE-2020-8739

high

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

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00390

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210122-0008/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-11-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00407