CVE-2020-8742 - Improper input validation in the firmware for Intel(R) NUCs may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access

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Improper input validation in the firmware for Intel(R) NUCs may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access

Published Aug 13, 2020

6.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.32%

Description

Improper input validation in the firmware for Intel(R) NUCs may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Intel(R) NUCs Advisory Default
unknown
Affected
- See provided reference

Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).

Vendor	Product	Default status	Versions
n/a	Intel(R) NUCs Advisory	unknown	Affected See provided reference

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (2)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-29590
Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00392.html
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-29590		Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00392.html		x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner intel

Published Aug 13, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Reserved Feb 6, 2020

Link CVE-2020-8742

CISA Vulnrichment

No data

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-8742

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner intel

Published Aug 13, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Link EUVD-2020-29590

GitHub

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