CVE-2020-8676
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper access control in the Intel(R) Visual Compute Accelerator 2, all versions, may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceImproper access control in Intel Visual Compute Accelerator 2 allows a privileged local user to escalate privileges. This is a local-access vulnerability requiring the attacker to already have some level of privileged access.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Visual Compute Accelerator 2 hardware presenceUse system inventory commands such as `lspci`, `dmidecode`, or vendor-specific management tools to enumerate PCI devices or hardware components. Look for 'Visual Compute Accelerator 2' or related Intel accelerator product identifiers.Affected if The system contains Intel Visual Compute Accelerator 2 hardware.
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Identify firmware version of the Visual Compute Accelerator 2Use Intel firmware update utilities, BMC/IPMI interfaces, or vendor management tools to query the current firmware version of the Visual Compute Accelerator 2. Common commands include `intel_iommu_utility`, vendor-specific firmware tools, or BIOS/firmware management interfaces.Affected if A firmware version is returned, confirming Visual Compute Accelerator 2 firmware is installed (all versions are affected per vendor advisory).
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Verify local privileged access existsReview local user accounts and privileged group membership on the host system using `whoami`, `id`, or `net user` on Windows, or `id`, `groups`, or `/etc/passwd` on Linux. Identify accounts with elevated privileges.Affected if Local privileged user accounts exist on the system hosting the Visual Compute Accelerator 2 (the vulnerability allows such users to escalate privileges).
The environment is affected if Intel Visual Compute Accelerator 2 hardware is present with any firmware version, and local privileged users exist who could attempt privilege escalation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the Intel-supplied firmware update for Visual Compute Accelerator 2 when released. Until then, restrict physical and local access to affected systems and monitor for unauthorized privilege escalation attempts.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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