CVE-2024-38668
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition software for Windows...
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition software for Windows before version 23.1.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition software for Windows before version 23.1.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2024-38668- CVSS 4.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37520
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition software for Windows before version 23.1.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2024-37520- CVSS 4.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9r4q-j4q6-fv33
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition software for Windows...
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition software for Windows before version 23.1.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
GHSA-9r4q-j4q6-fv33- CVSS 4.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Uncontrolled search path for some Intel(R) Quartus(R) Prime Standard Edition software for Windows before version 23.1.1 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2024-38668- CVSS 4.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-38668 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Intel Quartus Prime, published November 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.16%, the 5th percentile. No source names a fixed version.