Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool - CVE-2024-41917
Published: February 14, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103986
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-41917
CWE-ID: CWE-367
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a time-of-check, time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition. A local user can gain elevated privileges on the target system.
Affected software
Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool
How to mitigate CVE-2024-41917
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool - update to 2.4.1