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CVE-2023-4936
Synaptics-DisplayLink-privilege escalation vulnerability via a dynamic library sideloading
Medium5.5EPSS 0.19%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Synaptics
Description
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| SynapticsCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
Synaptics · DisplayLink USB Graphics Software for Windows
- affected ≤ 11.1 M1
- unaffected 11.2M0
What to do
Workaround: update to 11.2M0
References (3)
- https://www.synaptics.com/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads/windows (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/nr-154525-tc-synaptics_displaylink_windows_driver_security_brief_-_oct2023.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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