CVE-2025-20064 - Intel UEFI FlashUcAcmSmm Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2025-20064 - Intel UEFI FlashUcAcmSmm Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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CVE ID :CVE-2025-20064
Published : March 10, 2026, 10:49 p.m. | 39 minutes ago
Description :Improper input validation in the UEFI FlashUcAcmSmm module for some Intel(R) reference platforms may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a high complexity attack may enable local code execution. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) impacts.
Severity: 8.7 | HIGH
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