CVE-2020-8739

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 12, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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