CVE-2024-21960

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

13/05/2025

Last modified:

15/04/2026

Description

Incorrect default permissions in the AMD Optimizing CPU Libraries (AOCL) installation directory could allow an attacker to achieve privilege escalation potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.30 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.30

Severity 3.x

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-9014.html