Local privilege escalation via unsafe DLL search
Published May 13, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Uncontrolled DLL search path in Intel oneAPI Level Zero before 1.5.4 allows local users to escalate privileges through library loading. On Windows, the loader used LoadLibrary without limiting resolution to System32, allowing an attacker-controlled DLL earlier in the search order to load. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction, and grants code execution with the affected process's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled DLL search path in Intel oneAPI Level Zero before 1.5.4 allows local users to escalate privileges through library loading. On Windows, the loader used LoadLibrary without limiting resolution to System32, allowing an attacker-controlled DLL earlier in the search order to load. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, high-complexity conditions, and user interaction, and grants code execution with the affected process's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-31073
- Published
- May 13, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Intel Corporation
- Product
- Intel oneAPI Level Zero
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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