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CVE-2024-9498
Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in USBXpress SDK installer
High8.6EPSS 0.23%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Silabs
Description
DLL hijacking vulnerabilities, caused by an uncontrolled search path in the USBXpress SDK installer can lead to privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution when running the impacted installer.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| SilabsCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 87% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.6.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ≤ 6.7.3
References (1)
- https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypermissions-required
Sources
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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