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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:displaylink:core_software_cleaner:8.2.1956:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-06-05 21:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 19:46

NVD link : CVE-2018-7884

Mitre link : CVE-2018-7884

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-7884

JSON object : View

Products Affected

displaylink

core_software_cleaner

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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