CVE-2024-9490

HIGH

Silicon Labs 8-bit IDE - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (1)

[Various Sources] https://community.silabs.com/068Vm00000JUQwd

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 22.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-427

Status draft

Timeline

Published Jan 24, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026