CVE-2021-44226

Razer Synapse before 3.7.0228.022817 allows privilege escalation because it relies on %PROGRAMDATA%\Razer\Synapse3\Service\bin even if %PROGRAMDATA%\Razer has been created by any unprivileged user before Synapse is installed. The unprivileged user may have placed Trojan horse DLLs there.

CVSS v3.0 7.3 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.razer.com/community	Vendor Advisory
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-058.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/51	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166485/Razer-Synapse-3.6.x-DLL-Hijacking.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/26	Not Applicable
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170772/Razer-Synapse-3.7.0731.072516-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html	Not Applicable

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:razer:synapse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-03-23 15:15

Updated : 2023-02-22 09:39

NVD link : CVE-2021-44226

Mitre link : CVE-2021-44226

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Products Affected

razer

synapse

microsoft

windows

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