CVE-2024-9492

Privilege escalation via installer DLL search order

Published Jan 24, 2025 · Updated Jan 27, 2025

DLL hijacking in Silicon Laboratories Flash Programming Utility 4.80 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code. The Windows installer searches an uncontrolled path for required DLLs and loads an attacker-planted library instead of the intended one. Execution requires a user to run the impacted installer after a malicious DLL has been placed in a searched location; the code then runs with the installer's privileges.

CVSS severity8.6
High
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

DLL hijacking in Silicon Laboratories Flash Programming Utility 4.80 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code. The Windows installer searches an uncontrolled path for required DLLs and loads an attacker-planted library instead of the intended one. Execution requires a user to run the impacted installer after a malicious DLL has been placed in a searched location; the code then runs with the installer's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-9492
Published
Jan 24, 2025
Updated
Jan 27, 2025
Vendor
Silicon Laboratories
Product
Flash Programming Utilities
Classifications
CWE-427, CAPEC-471, CAPEC-30, T1574.001
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jan 24, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=4.80

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Silicon Laboratories · Flash Programming Utilitiesversion=0 <=4.80

Published CVSS scores

8.6Silicon LabsCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CAPEC-471Search Order Hijacking
CAPEC-30Hijacking a Privileged Thread of Execution
T1574.001Hijack Execution Flow: DLL

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