VDB-274594 · CVE-2024-24980 · intel-sa-01100

Intel Xeon protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Intel Xeon. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to protection mechanism. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-24980. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Intel Xeon (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at intel.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-24980 since 02/28/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/01/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207917 (CentOS 9 : microcode_ctl-20240910-1.el9), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207917). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Chip Software

Vendor

Intel

Name

Xeon

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
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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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Nessus ID: 207917
Nessus Name: CentOS 9 : microcode_ctl-20240910-1.el9

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/28/2024 🔍
08/14/2024 +167 days 🔍
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10/01/2024 +47 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-01100
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-24980 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-24980
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-274594

Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2024 16:47
Updated: 10/01/2024 00:10
Changes: 08/14/2024 16:47 (73), 10/01/2024 00:10 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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