CVE-2024-36333: Security Vulnerability in AMD AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products
CVE-2024-36333 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the AMD Cleanup Utility associated with AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products. This flaw could allow an attacker with limited privileges to escalate their privileges, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS 4.0 score of 7. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided by the vendor at this time, and there are no known exploits in the wild.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves DLL hijacking in the AMD Cleanup Utility used by AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products. An attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges from a limited user context, potentially executing arbitrary code. The CVSS 4.0 vector indicates local attack vector with low attack complexity, no attack traceability, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element). No patch or official remediation level has been disclosed by AMD.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code on affected systems. This could compromise system integrity and confidentiality. However, exploitation requires local access and user interaction, and no exploits are currently known in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should exercise caution when running the AMD Cleanup Utility and restrict local access to trusted users only.
CVE-2024-36333: Security Vulnerability in AMD AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products
Description
CVE-2024-36333 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the AMD Cleanup Utility associated with AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products. This flaw could allow an attacker with limited privileges to escalate their privileges, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a high severity rating with a CVSS 4.0 score of 7. No official patch or remediation guidance has been provided by the vendor at this time, and there are no known exploits in the wild.
CVSS v4.0
Score 7.0high
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves DLL hijacking in the AMD Cleanup Utility used by AMD Radeon™ RX 5000 Series Graphics Products. An attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges from a limited user context, potentially executing arbitrary code. The CVSS 4.0 vector indicates local attack vector with low attack complexity, no attack traceability, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element). No patch or official remediation level has been disclosed by AMD.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code on affected systems. This could compromise system integrity and confidentiality. However, exploitation requires local access and user interaction, and no exploits are currently known in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should exercise caution when running the AMD Cleanup Utility and restrict local access to trusted users only.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- AMD
- Date Reserved
- 2024-05-23T19:44:44.387Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a069f5eec166c07b0ad36d0
Added to database: 05/15/2026, 04:21:50 UTC
Last enriched: 05/22/2026, 15:29:51 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:51 UTC
Views: 96
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