Medium severity · published Nov 23, 2020
CVE-2019-14553
Improper authentication in EDK II may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access
4.9
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper authentication in EDK II may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ED
Edk2 · Tianocore
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14553
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14553
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960
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