CVE-2024-24980

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

Tags

CWE-693
secure@intel.com
2024-08-14
CVE-2024-24980

CVSS Score

6.1 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Intel Xeon Processors

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

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.

Weaknesses

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.

CWE ID: 693

Date

Published: Aug. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified: Aug. 14, 2024, 5:49 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

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
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

References

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01100.html
secure@intel.com