CVE-2020-12892
An untrusted search path in AMD Radeon settings Installer may lead to a privilege escalation or...
An untrusted search path in AMD Radeon settings Installer may lead to a privilege escalation or unauthorized code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An untrusted search path in AMD Radeon settings Installer may lead to a privilege escalation or unauthorized code execution.
- Record
CVE-2020-12892- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An untrusted search path in AMD Radeon settings Installer may lead to a privilege escalation or unauthorized code execution.
- Record
CVE-2020-12892- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-5172 No score
An untrusted search path in AMD Radeon settings Installer may lead to a privilege escalation or unauthorized code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2020-5172- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-39px-6j8j-mr74 No score
An untrusted search path in AMD Radeon settings Installer may lead to a privilege escalation or...
An untrusted search path in AMD Radeon settings Installer may lead to a privilege escalation or unauthorized code execution.
- Record
GHSA-39px-6j8j-mr74- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12892 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Amd Radeon Software, published November 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.31%, the 24th percentile. No source names a fixed version.