CVE-2020-8743 - Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) Mailbox Interface driver, all versions, may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access

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HIGH

Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) Mailbox Interface driver, all versions, may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access

Published Aug 13, 2020

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.28%

Description

Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) Mailbox Interface driver, all versions, may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Intel(R) Mailbox Interface driver Advisory Default
unknown
Affected
- all versions

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) Mailbox Interface driver Advisory	unknown	Affected all versions

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

References (2)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-29591
Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00394.html
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-29591		Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00394.html		x_refsource_MISCVendor 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-2020-8743

CISA Vulnrichment

No data

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2020-8743

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner intel

Published Aug 13, 2020

Updated Aug 4, 2024

Link EUVD-2020-29591

GitHub

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