CVE-2023-4936
Synaptics-DisplayLink-privilege escalation vulnerability via a dynamic library sideloading
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Synaptics-DisplayLink-privilege escalation vulnerability via a dynamic library sideloading
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
- Record
CVE-2023-4936- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-54772
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
- Record
EUVD-2023-54772- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2pmm-w9v7-r79x
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
- Record
GHSA-2pmm-w9v7-r79x- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
It is possible to sideload a compromised DLL during the installation at elevated privilege.
- Record
CVE-2023-4936- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4936 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Synaptics Displaylink, published October 11, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 8th percentile. No source names a fixed version.