What is CVE-2020-8701?

CVE-2020-8701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-8701?

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

Vulnerability in Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox

CVE-2020-8701

Incorrect default permissions in installer for the Intel(R) SSD Toolbox versions before 2/9/2021 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Published 2021-02-17 · 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 (18.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.3% 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

Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox
Intel(r) Ssd Toolbox Versions — versions versions before 2/9/2021

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00457.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8701?: CVE-2020-8701 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-8701?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.