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CVE-2024-9498

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.

HIGH 8.6EPSS 0.23%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-427
Source: product-security@silabs.com

References

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.