CVE-2025-11772 (GCVE-0-2025-11772)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-01 18:55 – Updated: 2025-12-01 19:08
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Summary
A carefully crafted DLL, copied to C:\ProgramData\Synaptics folder, allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges during driver installation.
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Synaptics Synaptics Fingerprint Driver Affected: 5.5.3521.1066 , < 5.5.3537.1066 (custom)
Affected: 5.5.4012.1052 , < 5.5.4022.1052 (custom)
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