Local privilege escalation via unquoted service path
Published May 13, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Unquoted search-path handling in AMD AIM-T Manageability Service before 4.0.0.891 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges. The service supplies its executable search path without quotation marks, allowing Windows to resolve an attacker-controlled executable at an earlier path boundary. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction; successful exploitation grants elevated arbitrary code execution.
Summary
What happened
Unquoted search-path handling in AMD AIM-T Manageability Service before 4.0.0.891 allows local users to execute code with elevated privileges. The service supplies its executable search path without quotation marks, allowing Windows to resolve an attacker-controlled executable at an earlier path boundary. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access and user interaction; successful exploitation grants elevated arbitrary code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-36321
- Published
- May 13, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- Product
- AIM-T Manageability Service
- Classifications
- CWE-428, T1574.009
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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