#VU106251 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in ARM products - CVE-2024-7881
Published: March 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU106251
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7881
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cortex-X3
Cortex-X4
Cortex-X925
Neoverse V2
Neoverse V3
Neoverse V3AE
Cortex-X3
Cortex-X4
Cortex-X925
Neoverse V2
Neoverse V3
Neoverse V3AE
Software vendor:
ARM
ARM
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improperly imposed security restrictions. An unprivileged context can trigger a data memory-dependent prefetch engine to fetch the contents of a privileged location. A local user or process can read privileged data and escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.