CVE-2020-12355 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Intel Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) versions prior to 4.0.30. This flaw, specifically a capture-replay attack in the RPMB protocol's message authentication subsystem, allows an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to potentially escalate privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV, Hot List), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including an article from SecurityWeek.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:trusted_execution_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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