PT-2024-11956 · Amd · Amd Spi Protection Feature

CVE-2023-20579 · Published 2024-02-13 · Updated 2024-10-22

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AMD SPI protection feature (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to improper access control in the AMD SPI protection feature, which may allow a user with Ring0 (kernel mode) privileged access to bypass protections. This could potentially result in loss of integrity and availability.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-20579

Affected Products

Amd Spi Protection Feature

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20579 · Security Note
• https://amd.com/en/corporate/product-security/bulletin/AMD-SB-7009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20579 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/FFOMine/status/1758001716803297609 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/the_yellow_fall/status/1757657180403282025 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1757492933165457720 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/fletch_ai/status/1757979814558842895 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/friend_of_apple/status/1758001467535835311 · Twitter Post