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CVE-2019-20908

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.51%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-07-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2019-20908
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.51%
Linux

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4. Incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032.

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