CVE-2020-8353 Misconfiguration in Desktop and Workstation systems
Administrative users with local access can configure Intel AMT due to enabled EHBC feature, potentially bypassing security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-8353?
CVE-2020-8353 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Desktop and Workstation systems, published on 11 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Prior to August 10, 2020, some Lenovo Desktop and Workstation systems were shipped with the Embedded Host Based Configuration (EHBC) feature of Intel AMT enabled. This could allow an administrative user with local access to configure Intel AMT.
Weakness: CWE-16
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8353?
It affects 14 products.
Products include Lenovo Thinkcentre M80s Firmware, Lenovo Thinkcentre M80t Firmware, Lenovo Thinkcentre M90s Firmware, Lenovo Thinkcentre M90t Firmware, Lenovo Thinkcentre M910z Firmware, Lenovo Thinkcentre M920q Firmware and 8 more.
How do I fix CVE-2020-8353?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8353 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-8353 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8353 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2h67-7cm6-5mr3.