CVE-2020-0540
Insufficiently protected credentials in Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77...
Insufficiently protected credentials in Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77 and 12.0.64 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficiently protected credentials in Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77 and 12.0.64 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
- Record
CVE-2020-0540- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insufficiently protected credentials in Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77 and 12.0.64 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
- Record
CVE-2020-0540- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2038 No score
Insufficiently protected credentials in Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77 and 12.0.64 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
- Record
EUVD-2020-2038- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jwwc-6php-g5w2 No score
Insufficiently protected credentials in Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77...
Insufficiently protected credentials in Intel(R) AMT versions before 11.8.77, 11.12.77, 11.22.77 and 12.0.64 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.
- Record
GHSA-jwwc-6php-g5w2- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-0540 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Intel Active Management Technology Firmware, published June 15, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.97%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.