Medium severity · published Nov 12, 2020
CVE-2020-8696
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via…
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CD
Clustered Data Ontap · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
31 · source: NVD
HS
Hci Storage Node Bios · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HC
Hcl Compute Node Bios · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
MI
Microcode · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SB
Solidfire Bios · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8696
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8696
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00007.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MAAGIK5CXKBPGY3R4UR5VO56M7MKLZ43/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201113-0006/
Vendor Advisory
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00381
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