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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2024-24980

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.

MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 4.0
6.9 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.17% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-693
Source
secure@intel.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.