Razer Synapse through 3.7.1209.121307 allows privilege escalation due to an unsafe installation path and improper privilege management. Attackers can place DLLs into %PROGRAMDATA%\Razer\Synapse3\Service\bin if they do so before the service is installed and if they deny write access for the SYSTEM user. Although the service will not start if it detects malicious DLLs in this directory, attackers can exploit a race condition and replace a valid DLL (i.e., a copy of a legitimate Razer DLL) with a malicious DLL after the service has already checked the file. As a result, local Windows users can abuse the Razer driver installer to obtain administrative privileges on Windows.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-47631 is rated Exploit Available (53.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). 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 |
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| — | 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 | 2024-09-20 | 0.04% | 0.05% | +0.01% |
| 2 | 2023-09-15 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.1 | 6.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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alpine
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— | CVE-2022-47631: 1 source package rows (synapse); 103 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 103. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-47631 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174696/Razer-Synapse-Race-Condition-DLL-Hijacking.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/6 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2023-002.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory |