CVE-2017-9769
A specially crafted IOCTL can be issued to the rzpnk.sys driver in Razer Synapse 2.20.15.1104 that is forwarded to ZwOpenProcess allowing a handle to be opened to an arbitrary process.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85.5%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A specially crafted IOCTL can be issued to the rzpnk.sys driver in Razer Synapse 2.20.15.1104 that is forwarded to ZwOpenProcess allowing a handle to be opened to an arbitrary process.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 85.54% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 24 July 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- razer/synapse
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 85.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/local/razer_zwopenprocessExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://warroom.securestate.com/cve-2017-9769/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42368/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/local/razer_zwopenprocessExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://warroom.securestate.com/cve-2017-9769/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42368/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.