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CVE-2024-48869

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-48869 describes an improper restriction of software interfaces to hardware features in some Intel Xeon 6 processors with E-cores, specifically when using Intel TDX or SGX. This vulnerability could allow a privileged local user to escalate privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM), the attack requires high privileges and high attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impact but low confidentiality. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
N/AIntel(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)
See referencesCNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

5.6MEDIUM

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
LOW
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
NONE
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
2.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0012 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 418 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: microcode_ctl
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: microcode_ctl
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: microcode_ctl
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: microcode_ctl
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: microcode_ctl

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-48869Moderate

microcode_ctl: Improper restriction of software interfaces to hardware features

May 13, 2025

References

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01268.html