CVE-2024-9490 HIGH

CVE-2024-9490: Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in Silicon Labs IDE installer

Vendor Silabs.com
Product Silicon Labs IDE (8-bit)
Weakness CWE-427
Published January 24, 2025
Last update February 12, 2025
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CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in Silicon Labs (8-bit) IDE installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 24, 2025 CVE published
February 12, 2025 Record updated