CVE-2023-4936

Synaptics-DisplayLink-privilege escalation vulnerability via a dynamic library sideloading

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Oct 11, 2023
Updated: Sep 18, 2024
Reserved: Sep 13, 2023

Description

It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L	Synaptics

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for WindowsSynaptics	11.1 M1 and earlierAffected 11.2M0Not affected

References

https://www.synaptics.com/
https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/windows
https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/nr-154525-tc-synaptics_displaylink_windows_driver_security_brief_-_oct2023.pdf

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