Severity
High
Analysis Summary
CVE-2021-0144
Insecure default variable initialization for the Intel BSSA DFT feature may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.
Impact
- Privilege Escalation
Affected Vendors
Intel
Affected Products
- Intel Xeon Scalable Processor
- Intel Core X-series Processors
- Intel Xeon Processor W Family
Remediation
Intel recommends that users of the potentially affected products update to the latest BIOS firmware version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00525.html