Nuc Kit Nuc8I7Bek Firmware
CVE-2020-0530
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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1DescriptionNVD
Improper buffer restrictions in firmware for Intel(R) NUC may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00343: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00343.html
AnalysisAI
Improper buffer restrictions in firmware for Intel(R) NUC may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. Improper buffer restrictions in firmware for Intel(R) NUC may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. The list of affected products is provided in intel-sa-00343: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00343.html Affected products include: Intel Nuc Kit Nuc8I7Bek Firmware, Intel Nuc 8 Enthusiast Pc Nuc8I7Bekqa Firmware, Intel Nuc Kit Nuc8I7Hnk Firmware, Intel Nuc 8 Business Pc Nuc8I7Hnkqc Firmware, Intel Nuc 8 Mainstream-G Kit Nuc8I7Inh Firmware.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.
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