CVE-2019-6165
A DLL search path vulnerability was reported in PaperDisplay Hotkey Service version 1.2.0.8 that could allow privilege escalation. Lenovo has ended support for PaperDisplay Hotkey software as the
02 Description
A DLL search path vulnerability was reported in PaperDisplay Hotkey Service version 1.2.0.8 that could allow privilege escalation. Lenovo has ended support for PaperDisplay Hotkey software as the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-08-19 14:56Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:52Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-01-11
- Assigning CNA
- lenovo
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 844723bec5e5d02855d5cb2f810d34cb786ec8d5a8a97788f870b764c9a56d21
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.lenovo.comhttps://support.lenovo.com/solutions/LEN-27569
07 Remediation
Lenovo is not releasing updates to mitigate this vulnerability and users should uninstall PaperDisplay Hotkey Service. The Night light feature in Windows 10 provides similar functionality of the PaperDisplay Hotkey Service.