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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-9769 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 77.77%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42368 | exploit_db | edb | 2017-07-24 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-02-14 | 77.70% | 77.77% | +0.07% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 61.56% | 77.70% | +16.14% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 61.56% | — |
Full EPSS history (21 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.1 | CRITICAL |
|
3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/local/razer_zwopenprocess | Exploit 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 |