CVE-2024-9492 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00025.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd

History

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		Uncontrolled search path can lead to DLL hijacking in Flash Programming Utility installer
Weaknesses		CWE-427
References		https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Silabs

Published: 2025-01-24T14:27:44.846Z

Updated: 2025-01-27T18:08:04.918Z

Reserved: 2024-10-03T18:21:39.782Z

Link: CVE-2024-9492

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-01-24T14:55:18.522Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-01-24T15:15:10.940

Modified: 2025-01-24T15:15:10.940

Link: CVE-2024-9492

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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