{"id":"CVE-2017-17556","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17556","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:09:03.422Z","title":"A debug tool in Synaptics TouchPad drivers allows local users with administrative access to obtain sensitive information about keyboard scan codes by modifying registry keys.","description":"A debug tool in Synaptics TouchPad drivers allows local users with administrative access to obtain sensitive information about keyboard scan codes by modifying registry keys.","published":"2017-12-15T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:11:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["hp/synaptics touchpad driver"],"epss":{"score":0.00623,"percentile":0.49658,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05827409","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.synaptics.com/company/blog/touchpad-security-brief","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://zwclose.github.io/HP-keylogger/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c05827409","tags":["Issue Tracking","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.synaptics.com/company/blog/touchpad-security-brief","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://zwclose.github.io/HP-keylogger/","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17556","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}