CVE-2022-47631 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges to administrative level by exploiting a race condition in the Razer Synapse service installation process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-47631?
CVE-2022-47631 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-367
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-47631?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Razer Synapse.
How do I fix CVE-2022-47631?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-47631 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-47631 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-47631 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5q3q-p4gq-p4rp.