CVE-2024-9496 (GCVE-0-2024-9496)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-24 14:38
Modified
2025-02-18 19:31
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Summary
DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in the USBXpress Dev Kit installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.
References
https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd vendor-advisory, permissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
silabs.com USBXpress Dev Kit Version: 0   ≤ 3.5.1
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