CVE-2020-8696

Improper removal of sensitive information before storage or transfer in some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Published: 2020-11-12 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-8696 is rated Low Risk (34.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-8696

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.24% 0.44% +0.20%
2 2026-03-14 0.26% 0.24% -0.02%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-8696

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-8696

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-8696

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-8696 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (intel-microcode), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8696
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8696
suse medium CVE-2020-8696 severity moderate: SUSE including 20 source package names (microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.62.1, microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.el7_9, …), 70 product×package rows across 70 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, … (70 product lines)): Fixed 70. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8696/
ubuntu low CVE-2020-8696 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (intel-microcode), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8696

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-8696

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
intel microcode — cpe:2.3:o:intel:microcode:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp clustered_data_ontap — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hcl_compute_node_bios — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hcl_compute_node_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp hci_storage_node_bios — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:hci_storage_node_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp solidfire_bios — cpe:2.3:o:netapp:solidfire_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-8696

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