Privilege escalation in Intel Rendering Toolkit Software

1) Untrusted search path

EUVDB-ID: #VU100423

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26017

CWE-ID: CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of an untrusted search path. A local user can gain elevated privileges on the target system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Intel Rendering Toolkit: before 2024.1.0

Intel Embree: before 4.3.1

Intel Open Image Denoise: before 2.2.0

Intel Open Path Guiding Library (Intel Open PGL): before 0.6.0

Intel Open Volume Kernel Library: before 2.0.1

Intel OSPRay: before 3.1.0

Intel OSPRay Studio: before 1.0.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:h:intel:intel_rendering_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:intel:intel_embree:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:intel:intel_open_image_denoise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:h:intel:intel_open_path_guiding_library_intel_open_pgl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:intel:intel_open_volume_kernel_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:intel:intel_ospray:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:intel:intel_ospray_studio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01142.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.