CVE-2024-24980

Published Aug 14, 2024 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-22343 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6967-1 Intel Microcode vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
intel
Published
Updated
Aug 14, 2024, 1:59 PM
Reserved
Feb 28, 2024, 4:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 14, 2024, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:15 AM