A potential security vulnerability in some Intel(R) Atom(R) and Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow escalation of privilege. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Reference: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00700.html

Hardware debug modes and processor INIT setting that allow override of locks for some Intel(R) Processors in Intel(R) Boot Guard and Intel(R) TXT may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via physical access.

Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Last updated 24 July 2024

Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.