CVE-2020-8745 describes an insufficient control flow management vulnerability in various versions of Intel CSME and TXE. This flaw affects Intel-based Industrial PCs and CNC devices, including those from Siemens. With physical access, an unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to achieve escalation of privilege, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is 6.8 (Medium), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.8.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.12.0, < 11.12.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.22.0, < 11.22.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0, < 12.0.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 14.0, < 14.0.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:converged_security_and_manageability_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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.