CVE-2020-0571 Information disclosure in Intel BIOS
An authenticated local attacker can exploit improper BIOS checks to disclose sensitive information on Intel processors.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-0571?
CVE-2020-0571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel BIOS, published on 5 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper conditions check in BIOS firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processors and Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver Processor Series may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-0571?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Bios.
How do I fix CVE-2020-0571?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-0571 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-0571 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-0571 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel BIOS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6762-g9pm-7488.