CVE-2018-7884

An issue was discovered in DisplayLink Core Software Cleaner Application 8.2.1956. When the drivers are updated to a newer version, the product launches a process as SYSTEM to uninstall the old version: cl_1956.exe is run as SYSTEM on the %systemroot%\Temp folder, where any user can write a DLL (e.g., version.dll) to perform DLL Hijacking and elevate privileges to SYSTEM.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-06-05

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-426

Affected products

• Core Software Cleaner (Displaylink)

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/1