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CVE-2020-12300

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-824

Description

Uninitialized pointer in BIOS firmware for Intel(R) Server Board Families S2600CW, S2600KP, S2600TP, and S2600WT may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel S2600Cw2 Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Cw2R Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Cw2S Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Cw2Sr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Cwt Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Cwtr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Cwts Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Cwtsr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Kp Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Kpf Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Kpfr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Kpr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Kptr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Tp Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Tpf Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Tpfr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Tpnr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Tpr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Wt2 Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Wt2R Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Wtt Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Wttr Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029
• Intel S2600Wtts1R Firmware: before 01.01.0029 — fixed in 01.01.0029

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel S2600Cw2 Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Cw2R Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Cw2S Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Cw2Sr Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Cwt Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Cwtr Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Cwts Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Cwtsr Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Kp Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Kpf Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Kpfr Firmware 01.01.0029; Intel S2600Kpr Firmware 01.01.0029. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0001/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00367.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200814-0001/
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00367.html

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