What is CVE-2020-0599?

CVE-2020-0599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Atom 230. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-0599?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Atom 230

CVE-2020-0599

Improper access control in the PMC for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Published 2020-11-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (26.8th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00360 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-0599?: CVE-2020-0599 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Atom 230. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-0599?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.