CVE-2024-33581
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 · uneditedA DLL hijack vulnerability was reported in Lenovo PC Manager AI intelligent scenario that could allow a local attacker to execute code with elevated privileges.
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 confidenceA DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in Lenovo PC Manager AI intelligent scenario where the application loads Dynamic Link Libraries from an attacker-controllable location. A local attacker can place a malicious DLL in the search path, causing it to be loaded and executed with elevated (SYSTEM) privileges.
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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
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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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Check if Lenovo PC Manager is installedLook for Lenovo PC Manager in the installed programs list (Control Panel > Programs and Features) or check for the installation directory typically at C:\Program Files\Lenovo\Lenovo PC Manager or C:\Program Files (x86)\Lenovo\Lenovo PC ManagerAffected if Lenovo PC Manager is not found on the system, then this CVE does not apply
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Determine the installed version of Lenovo PC ManagerOpen the Lenovo PC Manager application and navigate to Settings > About, or right-click the executable in the installation directory and view Properties > Details to see the file versionAffected if The installed version falls within an affected version range and has not been patched
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Verify the AI intelligent scenario feature is presentOpen Lenovo PC Manager and look for AI-related features, scenario modules, or intelligent optimization features typically found in the main interface or under a dedicated AI sectionAffected if The AI intelligent scenario feature exists and is accessible in the application
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Identify DLL search paths used by the applicationUse Process Monitor (from Sysinternals) to filter by Lenovo PC Manager processes and observe DLL load operations, checking for paths that are user-writable or world-writableAffected if The application loads DLLs from directories with weak permissions that allow a local attacker to place malicious files
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Check for unauthorized or unexpected DLLs in application directoriesInspect the Lenovo PC Manager installation directory and subdirectories for DLL files that were not part of the original installation, especially in folders where the application loads DLLs fromAffected if Unexpected or foreign DLL files are present in the application's DLL search paths
The system is affected if Lenovo PC Manager with the AI intelligent scenario feature is installed and the application loads DLLs from attacker-writable directories, allowing potential privilege escalation to SYSTEM level.
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.
From vendor dataApply vendor-supplied patches when available; alternatively, remove or restrict write access to directories in Lenovo PC Manager's DLL search path to prevent attacker placement of malicious DLLs.
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