CVE-2024-36283
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 for the Intel(R) Thread Director Visualizer software before version 1.0.1 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 · high confidenceIntel Thread Director Visualizer before version 1.0.1 contains an uncontrolled search path vulnerability that allows an authenticated local user to potentially escalate privileges. The application loads DLLs or other resources from attacker-controllable locations, enabling DLL hijacking or similar attacks.
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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Locate Intel Thread Director Visualizer installationSearch for 'Intel Thread Director Visualizer' in Program Files directories, or use the Windows search feature to find the executable (typically named ThreadDirectorVisualizer.exe or similar)Affected if The application is not found on the system, then the user is not affected by this vulnerability
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Determine installed versionRight-click the executable, select Properties, and check the 'File version' or 'Product version' field in the Details tab. Alternatively, right-click the executable in File Explorer, select Properties, then look at the Version tabAffected if Version is present and is less than 1.0.1 (for example, 1.0.0, 0.x.x, or any version before 1.0.1)
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Check if application is run from a user-controlled pathVerify the installation path is on a local, secure drive (typically C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\) rather than a network share or user-writable directory. Also check if the application directory has weak permissions allowing non-admin users to write filesAffected if The application is installed in a directory where unprivileged users can write files, or if it is run from a network share or removable media, making DLL hijacking possible
User is affected if Intel Thread Director Visualizer is installed with a version lower than 1.0.1 and the application directory is writable by the user or located in an attacker-controllable 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 · scopedUpdate Intel Thread Director Visualizer to version 1.0.1 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
1.0.1
- 1. Check the current installed version of Intel Thread Director Visualizer (typically via Programs and Features or the application's Help > About)
- 2. Navigate to the official Intel download page or Intel Security Advisories page for Intel Thread Director Visualizer
- 3. Download version 1.0.1 or later of Intel Thread Director Visualizer from Intel's official website
- 4. Close any running instances of the application
- 5. Run the installer and follow the prompts to upgrade to version 1.0.1
- 6. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the installed version after installation
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA0.5 h
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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-2024-36283 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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