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CVE-2021-0146

Public on 2021-11-17
Modified on 2022-03-07
Description

Hardware allows activation of test and debug logic at runtime for some Intel(R) processors which may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core microcode_ctl 2022-03-07 23:34 ALAS2-2022-1762

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H