CVE-2021-44226 Privilege escalation in n/a
An attacker can achieve privilege escalation by placing malicious DLLs in a predictable directory before Razer Synapse installation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-44226?
CVE-2021-44226 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Razer Synapse before 3.7.0228.022817 allows privilege escalation because it relies on %PROGRAMDATA%\Razer\Synapse3\Service\bin even if %PROGRAMDATA%\Razer has been created by any unprivileged user before Synapse is installed. The unprivileged user may have placed Trojan horse DLLs there.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44226?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Razer Synapse.
How do I fix CVE-2021-44226?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44226 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-44226 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44226 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-rhvq-5663-3x4f.