Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-36340

Amd Uprof ≤ 5.0.1174

Published
13 May 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.6
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0015 4th percentile
Risk Priority 47 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-36340 is a medium-severity Insecure Operation on Windows Junction / Mount Point (CWE-1386) vulnerability in Amd Uprof. Its CVSS base score is 6.6 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Direct Volume Access (T1006); ranked at the 4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-4 (Information Flow Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A junction point vulnerability within AMD uProf can allow a local low-privileged attacker to create junction points, potentially resulting in arbitrary file deletion or disclosure.

CWE(s)
CWE-1386

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
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T1548 Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may circumvent mechanisms designed to control privilege elevation to gain higher-level permissions.
attack.mitre.org →
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-31341Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2025-48511Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2025-48502Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2023-31348Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2023-31349Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2025-29933Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2023-31366Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2026-0466Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2025-48510Same product: Amd Uprof
CVE-2023-40623Shared CWE-1386

Affected Assets

amd
uprof
≤ 5.0.1174 · ≤ 5.0.1223 · ≤ 5.0.1479

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V5.3.3

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Enforcing authorizations on file/directory opens structurally blocks access via junctions that escape the intended scope.

AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement partial match

Information-flow rules that validate the final target of a name prevent unintended data access through mount points or junctions.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent improper junction/mount-point handling during design and coding.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect junction/mount-point weaknesses before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure development lifecycle can mandate junction/mount-point validation during design and coding.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can explicitly require protection against Windows reparse-point attacks.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure system architecture principles include canonicalization and path-traversal defenses that mitigate junction attacks.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly address safe file/directory handling to prevent insecure junction operations.

A.8.3 Information access restriction none match
mitigates

Information access restriction reduces exposure but does not prevent the technical flaw itself.

References