CVE-2025-20044

Aug. 13, 2025, 5:34 p.m.

5.6
Medium

Description

Improper locking for some Intel(R) TDX Module firmware before version 1.5.13 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Intel
  • Tdx Module
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-667
Improper Locking
The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a intel tdx_module / / / / / / / /

References

https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01245.html

Tags

secure@intel.com
CWE-667
2025-08-12
CVE-2025-20044

CVSS Score

5.6 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Attack Requirements: PRESENT
  • Privileges Required: HIGH
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 12, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 13, 2025, 5:34 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

secure@intel.com

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