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CVE-2021-44226

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-44226 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Razer Synapse versions prior to 3.7.0228.022817 on Microsoft Windows. It arises because Synapse relies on a directory within %PROGRAMDATA% that an unprivileged user can pre-create and populate with malicious DLLs, leading to arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity but requires user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploits available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has seen some community discussion on Reddit.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.7.0228.022817CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:razer:synapse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0089 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 759 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/166485/Razer-Synapse-3.6.x-DLL-Hijacking.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/170772/Razer-Synapse-3.7.0731.072516-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
Not Applicable
packetstormsecurity.com / files/174696/Razer-Synapse-Race-Condition-DLL-Hijacking.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Mar/51
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/26
Not Applicable
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2023/Sep/6
razer.com / community
Vendor Advisory
syss.de / fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-058.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory