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CVE-2017-9769

89
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9769 describes a critical vulnerability in Razer Synapse 2.20.15.1104, specifically within its rzpnk.sys driver. An attacker can craft a special IOCTL to gain a handle to an arbitrary process by leveraging the ZwOpenProcess function. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a severe risk with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for this exploit, and it has garnered some community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.20.15.1104CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:razer:synapse:2.20.15.1104:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
85.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Razer Synapse rzpnk.sys ZwOpenProcess · Mar 22, 2017
ExploitDB: EDB-42368 · Jul 24, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8554 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

warroom.securestate.com / cve-2017-9769
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42368
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
rapid7.com / db/modules/exploit/windows/local/razer_zwopenprocess
ExploitThird Party Advisory