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3 vulnerabilities found for displaylink by synaptics
FKIE_CVE-2023-4936
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-10-11 17:15 - Updated: 2025-12-17 15:12
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| synaptics | displaylink | * |
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CVE-2023-4936 (GCVE-0-2023-4936)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-10-11 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-18 18:42
VLAI?
Title
Synaptics-DisplayLink-privilege escalation vulnerability via a dynamic library sideloading
Summary
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synaptics | DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Windows |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 11.1 M1
(custom)
Unaffected: 11.2M0 |
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CVE-2023-4936 (GCVE-0-2023-4936)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-11 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-18 18:42
VLAI?
Title
Synaptics-DisplayLink-privilege escalation vulnerability via a dynamic library sideloading
Summary
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
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| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Synaptics | DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Windows |
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