CVE-2020-12927 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the AMD VBIOS Flash Tool SDK. An authenticated user could exploit a flaw in a dynamically loaded AMD driver to gain NT authority system privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amd:vbios_flash_tool_software_development_kit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.