CVE-2020-24457 Privilege escalation in Intel BIOS
Unauthenticated attackers with physical access can escalate privileges, cause denial of service, or disclose information via a logic error in Intel BIOS firmware.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-24457?
CVE-2020-24457 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel BIOS, published on 14 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Logic error in BIOS firmware for 8th, 9th and 10th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processors may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure via physical access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24457?
It affects 50 products.
Products include Intel Core I7-10510u Firmware, Intel Core I7-10510y Firmware, Intel Core I7-1060g7 Firmware, Intel Core I7-10610u Firmware, Intel Core I7-1065g7 Firmware, Intel Core I7-1068ng7 Firmware and 44 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-24457?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-24457 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24457 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel BIOS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g8f7-67xp-2h72.