DLL Hijacking Vulnerability in DisplayLink Core Software Cleaner Application

CVE-2018-7884 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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