Phoenix SecureCore for Intel Kaby Lake unusual condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phoenix SecureCore for Intel Kaby Lake, SecureCore for Intel Coffee Lake, SecureCore for Intel Comet Lake and SecureCore for Intel Ice Lake. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in unusual condition. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-29979. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Phoenix SecureCore for Intel Kaby Lake, SecureCore for Intel Coffee Lake, SecureCore for Intel Comet Lake and SecureCore for Intel Ice Lake (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unusual condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-754. The product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Phoenix SecureCore™ for Intel Kaby Lake, Phoenix SecureCore™ for Intel Coffee Lake, Phoenix SecureCore™ for Intel Comet Lake, Phoenix SecureCore™ for Intel Ice Lake allows Input Data Manipulation.This issue affects SecureCore™ for Intel Kaby Lake: before 4.0.1.1012; SecureCore™ for Intel Coffee Lake: before 4.1.0.568; SecureCore™ for Intel Comet Lake: before 4.2.1.292; SecureCore™ for Intel Ice Lake: before 4.2.0.334.

The advisory is shared for download at phoenix.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-29979 since 03/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-26951). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.6

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VulDB Temp Score: 2.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unusual condition
CWE: CWE-754
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/22/2024 🔍
01/14/2025 +298 days 🔍
01/14/2025 +0 days 🔍
09/26/2025 +254 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: phoenix.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-29979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-29979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-291612
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/14/2025 18:20
Updated: 09/26/2025 00:00
Changes: 01/14/2025 18:20 (72), 07/28/2025 23:31 (1), 07/29/2025 00:38 (1), 09/26/2025 00:00 (11)
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