Is CVE-2020-8705 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-8705 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-8705?

CVE-2020-8705 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-8705?

CVE-2020-8705 has an EPSS score of 0.52% (40th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8705?

Upgrade converged security and manageability engine to 14.0.45 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-8705

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Insecure default initialization of resource in Intel(R) Boot Guard in Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.30.10, 14.0.45 and 14.5.25, Intel(R) TXE versions before 3.1.80 and 4.0.30, Intel(R) SPS versions before E5_04.01.04.400, E3_04.01.04.200, SoC-X_04.00.04.200 and SoC-A_04.00.04.300 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privileges via physical access.

CWE-1188

How to fix

Remediation Available

converged security and manageability engineNVD

Affected:>= 14.0, < 14.0.45Fixed in:14.0.45CVE-2020-8705derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorPhysical

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.52%probability of exploitation in 30 days

40thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 40% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

intel.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-1188 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13927	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-27524	High	8.9	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-24706	Critical	9.8	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-11532	Critical	9.8	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-16752	High	8.8	43%	-	-
CVE-2020-14011	Critical	9.8	29%	-	-

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2020-8705

Markdown

[![CVE-2020-8705](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2020-8705.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2020-8705)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2020-8705"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2020-8705.svg" alt="CVE-2020-8705"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.