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AMD Cleanup Utility DLL Hijacking Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation and Potential Arbitrary Code Execution

Vulnerability

A DLL hijacking vulnerability has been identified in the AMD Cleanup Utility. This vulnerability could enable an attacker to escalate privileges, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could result in unauthorized privilege escalation and the execution of arbitrary code with elevated rights.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the AMD Cleanup Utility to version 25.20.00.00 and remove any previous versions, as they would be vulnerable to this issue.

Added: May 15, 2026, 5:23 AM
Updated: May 15, 2026, 5:23 AM

Vulnerability Rating

Custom Algorithm
spread
0.0
impact
2.5
exploitability
3.0
remediation
0.0
relevance
8.3
threat
0.0
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.0

Our algorithm analyzes dozens of metrics to generate these 8 key vulnerability categories, which are then combined to calculate the overall risk score.