Improper Authentication in Socket Services for Intel Server Boards, Server Systems, and Compute Modules: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Improper Authentication in Socket Services for Intel Server Boards, Server Systems, and Compute Modules: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2020-8709 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Improper authentication in socket services for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 2.45 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.

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