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CVE-2017-9769

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0160%

EPSS Percentile0.16th

PublishedAug 2, 2017

Last ModifiedMay 13, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Razer

Synapse

= 2.20.15.1104

References & Advisories

🔗 http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/local/razer_zwopenprocess

🔗 https://warroom.securestate.com/cve-2017-9769/

🔗 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42368/

🔗 http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/local/razer_zwopenprocess

🔗 https://warroom.securestate.com/cve-2017-9769/

🔗 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42368/

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