#Security Vulnerability

**According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?** An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by tricking an authenticated user (CVSS metric UI:R) into attempting to connect to a malicious SQL server via a connection driver (for example: ODBC and / or OLEDB as applicable).

**According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?** An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by tricking an authenticated user (CVSS metric UI:R) into attempting to connect to a malicious SQL server via a connection driver (for example: ODBC and / or OLEDB as applicable).

**Why is this Intel CVE included in the Security Update Guide?** The vulnerability assigned to this CVE is in certain processor models offered by Intel. The mitigation for this vulnerability is **disabled by default** and manual action is required for customers to be protected. This CVE is being documented in the Security Update Guide to inform customers of the available mitigation and its potential performance impact. Please see the following for more information: * CVE-2024-2201 * https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/branch-history-injection.html **What steps are required to protect my system against the vulnerability?** We are providing the following registry information to enable the mitigations for this CVE. **Important**: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore,...

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to prepare the target environment to improve exploit reliability.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain access to the credentials of other users on the system.

**According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the attacker to be able to send a malicious update package to the Defender for IoT sensor over the network. To do this, the attacker would first need to authenticate themselves and gain the necessary permissions to initiate the update process.

**According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is high (PR:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires the attacker to be an administrator of the web application. As is best practice, regular validation and audits of administrative groups should be conducted.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is Adjacent (AV:A), the attack complexity is high (AC:H) and the privileges required is high (PR:H). What does this mean for this vulnerability?** An authenticated attacker would need to have access to a proxy server created in the same or in an accessible network of the Appliance.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.