VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-7884

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.93%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

Primary references