CVE-2017-9769

critical

Published 2017-08-02 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42368 local windows_x86-64 verified

Metasploit · 2017-07-24

Razer Synapse 2.20.15.1104 - rzpnk.sys ZwOpenProcess (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_windows/local/razer_zwopenprocess rank 300

Razer Synapse rzpnk.sys ZwOpenProcess

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
razer	synapse	`2.20.15.1104`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.