CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2020-24507 — Intel Converged Security And Manageability Engine security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 4.4

Improper initialization in a subsystem in the Intel(R) CSME versions before 11.8.86, 11.12.86, 11.22.86, 12.0.81, 13.0.47, 13.30.17, 14.1.53, 14.5.32, 13.50.11 and 15.0.22 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4.4 (3.1)
Published
2021-06-09
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-665

Affected products

  • intel / converged_security_and_manageability_engine
  • siemens / simatic_field_pg_m6_firmware
  • siemens / simatic_ipc427e_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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