CVE-2020-8705

mediumpriority · track · 27OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.50% (43rd) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

27 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Insecure default initialization of resource in Intel(R) Boot Guard in Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.30.10, 14.0.45 and 14.5.25, Intel(R) TXE versions before 3.1.80 and 4.0.30, Intel(R) SPS versions before E5_04.01.04.400, E3_04.01.04.200, SoC-X_04.00.04.200 and SoC-A_04.00.04.300 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privileges via physical access.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.1

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highAV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1188USprimaryCWE-1188US

affected products (27)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Intel(R) Boot Guard, Intel(R) CSME, Intel(R) TXE, Intel(R) SPS≤ Intel CSME(R) versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.30.10, 14.0.45 and 14.5.25, Intel(R) TXE versions before 3.1.80 and 4.0.30, Intel(R) SPS versions before E5_04.01.04.400, E3_04.01.04.200, SoC-X_04.00.04.200 and SoC-A_04.00.04.300enisa_euvdEU
Intel Corp. Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine≤ 14.5.25fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine≤ 14.0.45fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine≤ 13.30.10fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine≤ 13.0.40fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine≤ 12.0.70fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine≤ 11.22.80fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine≤ 11.12.80fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Converged Security and Manageability Engine≤ 11.8.80fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Server Platform Services≤ E3_04.01.04.200fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Server Platform Services≤ SoC-A_04.00.04.300fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Server Platform Services≤ SoC-X_04.00.04.200fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Trusted Execution Engine≤ 4.0.30fstec_bduRU
Intel Corp. Intel Trusted Execution Engine≤ 3.1.80fstec_bduRU
intel converged security and manageability engine< 11.8.80nvdUScpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel converged security and manageability engine11.12.0 → 11.12.80nvdUScpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel converged security and manageability engine11.22.0 → 11.22.80nvdUScpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel converged security and manageability engine12.0 → 12.0.70nvdUScpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel converged security and manageability engine13.0 → 13.0.40nvdUScpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel converged security and manageability engine13.30.0 → 13.30.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-11-12modified 2026-06-17

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references (17)

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