CVE-2024-21820 (GCVE-0-2024-21820)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-13 20:34 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:53
VLAI?
Summary
Incorrect default permissions in some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor memory controller configurations when using Intel(R) SGX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • escalation of privilege
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect default permissions
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor memory controller configurations when using Intel(R) SGX Affected: See references
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