CVE-2024-26017
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUncontrolled search path in some Intel(R) Rendering Toolkit software before version 2024.1.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceUncontrolled search path vulnerability in Intel(R) Rendering Toolkit software before version 2024.1.0 allows an authenticated local user to potentially achieve privilege escalation by placing malicious DLLs or other executable files in locations searched by the application.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine if Intel Rendering Toolkit is installedSearch for the Intel Rendering Toolkit installation directory (typically under Program Files\Intel or check Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Intel for Rendering Toolkit entries)Affected if The software is found installed on the system
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Identify the installed versionCheck the version information of the installed Intel Rendering Toolkit binaries or check the version in Windows Registry under the installation keyAffected if The version is lower than 2024.1.0 (for example, 2023.x.x or any version prior to 2024.1.0)
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Inspect application search path configurationReview environment variables (PATH) and any application configuration files that define DLL/executable search paths for the Intel Rendering Toolkit componentsAffected if The application searches directories writable by low-privileged users or locations where untrusted files could be placed
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Check file permissions on application directoriesUse icacls or similar tools to verify write permissions on Intel Rendering Toolkit installation directories and search path locationsAffected if Authenticated local users have write access to directories in the application's search path, allowing them to place malicious DLLs or executables
A user is affected if Intel Rendering Toolkit version below 2024.1.0 is installed and low-privileged users can write to directories in the application's DLL/executable search path.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade to Intel Rendering Toolkit version 2024.1.0 or later to remediate the uncontrolled search path vulnerability.
2024.1.0
- Identify if Intel(R) Rendering Toolkit is installed on the system
- Check the currently installed version of Intel Rendering Toolkit
- Download Intel Rendering Toolkit version 2024.1.0 or later from the official Intel website
- Uninstall the current version or apply the update package
- Verify the installed version is 2024.1.0 or higher after installation
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-26017 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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