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GHSA-FXHC-7857-MHJJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-11 18:32 – Updated: 2025-03-11 18:32

Details

** 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

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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

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

Synaptics CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

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

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
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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