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 7.3 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.9 MEDIUM

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

6.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166485/Razer-Synapse-3.6.x-DLL-Hijacking.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170772/Razer-Synapse-3.7.0731.072516-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html	Not Applicable
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174696/Razer-Synapse-Race-Condition-DLL-Hijacking.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/51	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/26	Not Applicable
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/6
https://www.razer.com/community	Vendor Advisory
https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-058.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

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

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-03-23 22:15

Updated : 2023-09-18 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2021-44226

Mitre link : CVE-2021-44226

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-44226

JSON object : View

Products Affected

razer

synapse

microsoft

windows

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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