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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.7

CVE-2020-12357 json

Improper initialization in the firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privil…

published 2021-06-09 5 y ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also EUVD-2020-4669

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper initialization in the firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-21-222-05 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens Industrial Products Intel CPUs (Update F)

  • Siemens SIMATIC Field PG M6 <V26.01.08
    affected: fixed in V26.01.08, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SIMATIC IPC347G <V01.04.00
    affected: fixed in V01.04.00, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SIMATIC IPC427E <V21.01.16 Siemens SIMATIC IPC477E <V21.01.16 Siemens SIMATIC IPC477E Pro <V21.01.16
    affected: fixed in V21.01.16, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SIMATIC IPC547G
    affected: mitigation, no fix planned
  • Siemens SIMATIC IPC627E <BIOS_V25.02.10 Siemens SIMATIC IPC647E <BIOS_V25.02.10 Siemens SIMATIC IPC677E <BIOS_V25.02.10 Siemens SIMATIC IPC847E <BIOS_V25.02.10
    affected: fixed in V25.02.10, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SIMATIC IPC3000 SMART V3 <V01.04.00
    affected: fixed in V01.04.00, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SIMATIC ITP1000 <V23.01.10
    affected: fixed in V23.01.10, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP family (incl. SIPLUS variant) Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0)
    affected: mitigation, no fix planned
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  • Siemens SINUMERIK 828D HW PU.4 <V08.00.00.00
    affected: fixed in V08.00.00.00, mitigation
  • Siemens SINUMERIK MC MCU 1720 <V05.00.00.00
    affected: fixed in V05.00.00.00, mitigation
  • Siemens SINUMERIK ONE / SINUMERIK 840D sl Handheld Terminal HT 10 <V08.00.00.00
    affected: fixed in V08.00.00.00, mitigation
  • Siemens SINUMERIK ONE NCU 1740 <V05.00.00.00
    affected: fixed in V05.00.00.00, mitigation
  • Siemens SINUMERIK ONE PPU 1740 <V06.00.00.00
    affected: fixed in V06.00.00.00, mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
31 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Intel(R) Processors

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.