CVE-2020-8704 Race condition in a subsystem in the Intel(R) LMS versions before 2039.1.0.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of

Medium 6.4 Published Updated
Exploited in the wild
Not known
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-8704?

CVE-2020-8704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) LMS versions, published on 9 Jun 2021.

Official description

Race condition in a subsystem in the Intel(R) LMS versions before 2039.1.0.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8704?

It affects 13 products.

Products include Intel Local Manageability Service, Siemens Simatic Field Pg M5 Firmware, Siemens Simatic Field Pg M6 Firmware, Siemens Simatic Ipc427e Firmware, Siemens Simatic Ipc477e Firmware, Siemens Simatic Ipc477e Pro Firmware and 7 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-8704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-8704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-57c7-hj58-875p.

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