Improper restriction of software interfaces to hardware features for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processor with E-cores when using Intel(R) Trust Domain Extensions (Intel(R) TDX) or Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions (Intel(R) SGX) may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

No data.

No data.

No data.

References
Link Providers
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01268.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48869 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48869 cve-icon
History

Thu, 15 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title microcode_ctl: Improper restriction of software interfaces to hardware features
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Wed, 14 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Tue, 13 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper restriction of software interfaces to hardware features for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processor with E-cores when using Intel(R) Trust Domain Extensions (Intel(R) TDX) or Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions (Intel(R) SGX) may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Weaknesses CWE-1256
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': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published: 2025-05-13T21:03:22.922Z

Updated: 2025-05-15T04:01:18.444Z

Reserved: 2024-10-09T02:59:22.185Z

Link: CVE-2024-48869

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-14T16:55:39.594Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-13T21:16:02.227

Modified: 2025-05-16T14:43:56.797

Link: CVE-2024-48869

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-05-13T21:03:22Z

Links: CVE-2024-48869 - Bugzilla