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.
Published: 2024-08-14
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}


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Intel Xeon Processors
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-14T13:59:14.325Z

Reserved: 2024-02-28T04:00:21.183Z

Link: CVE-2024-24980

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-14T13:59:10.375Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-08-14T14:15:22.117

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-24980

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No data.

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Updated: 2025-07-12T22:23:41Z

Weaknesses