CVE-2024-9492 (GCVE-0-2024-9492)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-24 14:27 – Updated: 2025-01-27 18:08
VLAI?
Title
Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in Flash Programming Utility installer
Summary
DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in Flash Programming Utility installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.
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
Assigner
References
https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd vendor-advisorypermissions-required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
silabs.com Flash Programming Utility Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.80 (semver)
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Credits
Thanks to Sahil Shah and Shaurya for reporting this issue.
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