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CRITICAL
CVE-2018-8931
AMD Ryzen Secure Processor Insufficient Access Control Vulnerability
Description

The AMD Ryzen, Ryzen Pro, and Ryzen Mobile processor chips have insufficient access control for the Secure Processor, aka RYZENFALL-1.

INFO

Published Date :

March 22, 2018, 2:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-8931 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Amd ryzen_firmware
2 Amd ryzen_pro_firmware
3 Amd ryzen_mobile_firmware
4 Amd ryzen_mobile
5 Amd ryzen_pro
6 Amd ryzen
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-8931 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://amdflaws.com/
    Added Reference https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/
    Added Reference https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research
    Added Reference https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-284 CWE-20 CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/ No Types Assigned https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/03/15/amd-flaws-technical-summary/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf No Types Assigned https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://amdflaws.com/ No Types Assigned https://amdflaws.com/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research No Types Assigned https://community.amd.com/community/amd-corporate/blog/2018/03/21/initial-amd-technical-assessment-of-cts-labs-research Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_mobile_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:amd:ryzen_mobile:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_pro_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:amd:ryzen_pro:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:amd:ryzen_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:amd:ryzen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.37 }} 0.01%

score

0.69201

percentile

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