Protection mechanism failure in Certain HPE ProLiant DX Servers Using Certain Intel Processors

1) Protection Mechanism Failure

EUVDB-ID: #VU96214

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24980

CWE-ID: CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient implementation of security measures. A local privileged user can escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HPE ProLiant DX360 Gen10 Plus server: before 2.20_08-07-2024

HPE ProLiant DX380 Gen10 Plus server: before 2.20_08-07-2024

HPE ProLiant DX220n Gen10 Plus server: before 2.20_08-07-2024

HPE ProLiant DX360 Gen11 server: before 2.20_05-27-2024

HPE ProLiant DX380 Gen11 server: before 2.20_05-27-2024

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_dx360_gen10_plus_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_dx380_gen10_plus_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_dx220n_gen10_plus_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_dx360_gen11_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:hpe:hpe_proliant_dx380_gen11_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01100.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.