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Uncontrolled Search Path (DLL Hijack)Weakness · CWE-427

CVE-2025-32452

MEDIUM · 6.7 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-02-10
Mitigation only
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67/100
Remediation priority · Elevated

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 · unedited
Uncontrolled search path for some AI Playground before version 2.6.1 beta within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires active user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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 confidence

This is an uncontrolled search path vulnerability (likely DLL hijacking or binary planting) in AI Playground versions before 2.6.1 beta. The application loads executables or DLLs without using fully qualified paths, allowing an unprivileged authenticated user to place a malicious file in a location the application searches, potentially achieving privilege escalation when the application runs.

MitigationUpgrade to AI Playground version 2.6.1 beta or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, restrict user write access to directories in the application's search path and monitor for suspicious files.

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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
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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate AI Playground installation
    Search for the AI Playground executable (commonly ai-playground.exe or similar) in standard program directories such as C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\, or use system utilities to find installed software matching 'AI Playground'
    Affected if AI Playground is found on the system
  2. Determine installed version
    Right-click the executable, select Properties, and view the Details tab for version information, or run the application with a version flag if available
    Affected if Version is displayed as lower than 2.6.1 beta or the version cannot be determined (treat as potentially affected)
  3. Identify application search path
    Use process monitoring tools or examine application configuration files to determine which directories the application searches when loading executables or DLLs
    Affected if The application loads executables or DLLs from directories not using fully qualified paths
  4. Check directory permissions
    Review permissions on directories in the application search path using File Explorer or icacls command, focusing on directories writable by non-privileged users
    Affected if Any directory in the search path is writable by unprivileged authenticated users

A user is affected if AI Playground version is before 2.6.1 beta AND the application searches directories that unprivileged users can write to for executables or DLLs.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Upgrade to AI Playground version 2.6.1 beta or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, restrict user write access to directories in the application's search path and monitor for suspicious files.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Intel AI Playground version 2.6.1 beta

  1. Obtain Intel AI Playground version 2.6.1 beta or later from the official Intel website or your organization's software distribution channel
  2. Uninstall any existing version of Intel AI Playground before installing the updated version
  3. Install Intel AI Playground version 2.6.1 beta following the installation wizard prompts
  4. Restart the system after installation to ensure all components are properly initialized
  5. Verify the installed version by checking About or Help > Version information within the application

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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