Description

Insufficient control flow management in the Alias Checking Trusted Module for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processor E-Cores firmware may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-20004

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor: n/a

Product: Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processor E-Cores firmware

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 1.92% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-11 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20004
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01273.html

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