CVE-2020-12962 Privilege escalation in AMD Radeon Software
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12962 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-12962 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amd Radeon Software, published on 15 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12962 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Amd Radeon Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12962/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12962/index.md)
A vulnerability in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows allows attackers to escalate privileges via the escape call interface.
- 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-2020-12962?
CVE-2020-12962 is a high-severity vulnerability in Amd Radeon Software, published on 15 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Escape call interface in the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows may cause privilege escalation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12962?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Amd Radeon Software.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12962?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12962 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-12962 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12962 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-20586 Radeon™ Software Crimson ReLive Edition
- CVE-2023-20598 Privilege escalation in Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics
- CVE-2020-12892 Path traversal in AMD Radeon Software
- CVE-2020-12893 Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software
- CVE-2020-12895 Memory corruption in AMD Radeon Software
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r87h-x862-5m42.