CVE-2020-8750 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Kernel Mode Driver for Intel Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) versions prior to 3.1.80 and 4.0.30. This flaw allows an authenticated local user to potentially escalate privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.1.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:trusted_execution_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.0, < 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:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.