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With this tool, you might verify the status of your Intel CPUs and perform diagnostic checks when necessary.

Recently, theres a high-severity security flaw found in the Processor Diagnostic Tool.

Intel CPU bug

Then, Intel has issued a patch update quickly for Windows users to fix the problem efficiently.

A researcher at security company Eclypsium, which focuses on firmware security, discovered the Intel CPU bug.

Otherwise, youll come across the denial of service.

IPDT release 4.1.2.34

Thats why Intel is working so hard to release a new version to fix the problem.

Intel Vulnerability Ranks 8.2

Intel rated the severity of the Processor Diagnostic Tool bug as high.

Why it ranks so high?

An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to gain an escalation of privileges on a previously infected machine.

according to a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) alert