Intel Solidigm SSD protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Intel Solidigm SSD. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in protection mechanism. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-33079. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Solidigm SSD (affected version not known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Protection mechanism failure in firmware for some Intel(R) SSD DC Products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

The weakness was presented 09/20/2022. The advisory is shared for download at solidigm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-33079 since 05/18/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

05/18/2021 🔍
09/20/2022 +490 days 🔍
09/20/2022 +0 days 🔍
02/05/2025 +869 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: solidigm.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-33079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-33079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209148

Entryinfo

Created: 09/20/2022 21:31
Updated: 02/05/2025 23:28
Changes: 09/20/2022 21:31 (47), 10/21/2022 11:21 (11), 02/05/2025 23:28 (15)
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