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CVE-2020-8711
Improper access control in the bootloader for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.45 may…
Medium6.7EPSS 0.34%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- intel
Description
Improper access control in the bootloader for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.45 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Timeline
ID reserved
By intel
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.7.
Weakness
- Escalation of Privilege
Affected products
Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules Advisory
- affected Before version 2.45
References (2)
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00384.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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