CVE-2024-36482
Intel Computing Improvement Program vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2024-36482 is a security vulnerability discovered in Intel(R) CIP software affecting versions before 2.4.10852. The vulnerability was disclosed in November 2024 and involves improper input validation that could potentially enable privilege escalation (Intel Advisory, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper input validation in Intel CIP software. This security flaw requires local access and can only be exploited by a privileged user (Intel Advisory).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow a privileged user to escalate their privileges on the affected system via local access (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Intel has released version 2.4.10852 of the CIP software to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (Intel Advisory).

Community reactions

Intel has acknowledged the discovery of this vulnerability and credited researchers Eason and vul_pwner for reporting the issue (Intel Advisory).

Additional resources


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