CVE-2018-7884
HIGHDisplayLink Core Software Cleaner Application 8.2.1956 - Untrusted Search Path via DLL Hijacking
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/1
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0094
EPSS Percentile
56.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-426
Status
published
Products (1)
displaylink/core_software_cleaner
8.2.1956
Published
Jun 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026