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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-05T06:37:59.623Z

Reserved: 2018-03-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-7884

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-05T21:29:01.057

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:12:55.530

Link: CVE-2018-7884

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