Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 34.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 9.3
References
Products affected by CVE-2018-7884
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cpe:2.3:a:displaylink:core_software_cleaner:8.2.1956