Siemens Industrial Products Intel CPUs Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data (CVE-2020-12357)

Improper initialization in the firmware for some IntelR Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. This plugin only works with Tenable.ot. Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information. %NASLMINLEVEL 80900...

CVE-2020-12357

CVE-2020-12357 describes an improper initialization in the firmware for some Intel processors that could allow a privileged user to escalate privileges via local access. The vulnerability is documented in Intel’s IPU BIOS advisory (INTEL-SA-00463) and is linked to the same family of processor fir...

2021.1 IPU – BIOS Advisory

Summary: Potential security vulnerabilities in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow escalation of privilege or denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Details: CVEID: CVE-2020-12357 Description: Improper...