Razer Synapse before 3.7.0830.081906 allows privilege escalation due to an unsafe installation path, improper privilege management, and improper certificate validation. Attackers can place malicious 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 the malicious DLLs are unsigned, it suffices to use self-signed DLLs. The validity of the DLL signatures is not checked. As a result, local Windows users can abuse the Razer driver installer to obtain administrative privileges on Windows.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-47632 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Core evidence: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 | 2025-11-21 | 0.53% | 0.06% | -0.46% |
| 2 | 2025-11-18 | 0.06% | 0.53% | +0.47% |
| 3 | 2025-06-04 | — | 0.06% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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0.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 6.8 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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0.9 | 5.9 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2022-47632: 1 source package rows (synapse); 99 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 99. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-47632 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170772/Razer-Synapse-3.7.0731.072516-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html | Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174696/Razer-Synapse-Race-Condition-DLL-Hijacking.html | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/6 | |
| https://syss.de | Not Applicable |
| https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2022-047.txt | Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory |