CVE-2024-24980

Aug. 14, 2024, 5:49 p.m.

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

Products

Intel Xeon Processors

  • 3rd Generation
  • 4th Generation
  • 5th Generation

Source

secure@intel.com

Tags

CVE-2024-24980 details

Published : Aug. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified : Aug. 14, 2024, 5:49 p.m.

Description

Protection mechanism failure in some 3rd, 4th, and 5th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Score

1 2 3 4 5 6.1 7 8 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description
CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

6.1

Exploitability Score

0.8

Impact Score

4.7

Base Severity

MEDIUM

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