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CVE-2024-9157 (GCVE-0-2024-9157)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-11 16:28 – Updated: 2025-03-11 19:20 Unsupported When Assigned
VLAI
Title
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in CxUIUSvc service
Summary
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED **  A privilege escalation vulnerability in CxUIUSvc64.exe and CxUIUSvc32.exe of Synaptics audio drivers allows a local authorized attacker to load a DLL in a privileged process. Out of an abundance of caution, this CVE ID is being assigned to better serve our customers and ensure all who are still running this product understand that the product is End-of-Life and should be removed. For more information on this, refer to the CVE Record’s reference information.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-11 19:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Synaptics Synaptics Audio Driver Affected: 0 , < 9.0.282.* (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 9.0.285.* (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 9.0.278.* (custom)
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