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GHSA-8CXG-MFHG-9J6R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-01 21:30 – Updated: 2025-12-01 21:30

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-01 18:55 – Updated: 2025-12-01 19:08

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

Assigner

Synaptics

References

URL

Tags

https://www.synaptics.com/sites/default/files/202…

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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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8CXG-MFHG-9J6R

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

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