Intel CPU Power Management Throttling information exposure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Intel CPU. Affected is an unknown function of the component Power Management Throttling Handler. This manipulation causes information exposure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-24436. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to use the suggested workaround.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel CPU (Chip Software) (version now known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Power Management Throttling Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information exposure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-203. The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Observable behavioral in power management throttling for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.

The weakness was released 06/16/2022 as intel-sa-00698. The advisory is shared at intel.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-24436 since 02/18/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be Workaround.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information exposure
CWE: CWE-203 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Workaround
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Timelineinfo

02/18/2022 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-00698
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-24436 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-24436
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-202201

Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2022 09:06
Changes: 06/16/2022 09:06 (40)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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