Medium severity · published Nov 12, 2020
CVE-2020-8698
Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper isolation of shared resources 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)0.5% · higher than 44% 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
HC
Hci Compute Node Bios · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HS
Hci Storage Node Bios · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
MI
Microcode · Intel
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SF
Simatic Field PG M5 Firmware · Siemens
before 22.01.08 · source: NVD
SF
Simatic Field PG M6 Firmware · Siemens
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SI
Simatic Ipc427e Firmware · Siemens
before 21.01.15 · source: NVD
SI
Simatic Ipc477e Firmware · Siemens
before 21.01.15 · source: NVD
SI
Simatic Ipc477e Pro Firmware · Siemens
before 21.01.15 · source: NVD
SI
Simatic Ipc627e Firmware · Siemens
before 25.02.08 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8698
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8698
Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-678983.pdf
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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