What is CVE-2020-8685?

CVE-2020-8685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Led Manager For Nuc, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-8685?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Intel Led Manager For Nuc

CVE-2020-8685

Improper authentication in subsystem for Intel (R) LED Manager for NUC before version 1.2.3 may allow privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.003 (22.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Intel Led_manager_for_nuc
N/a Intel (R) Led Manager For Nuc Advisory — versions Before version 1.2.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

secure@intel.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8685?: CVE-2020-8685 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Led Manager For Nuc, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-8685?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.