# CVE-2017-9769: A specially crafted IOCTL can be issued to the rzpnk.sys driver in Razer Synapse 2.20.15.1104 that is forwarded to ZwOpenProcess allowing a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2017-08-02 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A specially crafted IOCTL can be issued to the rzpnk.sys driver in Razer Synapse 2.20.15.1104 that is forwarded to ZwOpenProcess allowing a handle to be opened to an arbitrary process.

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## References

- https://warroom.securestate.com/cve-2017-9769/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42368/
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/local/razer_zwopenprocess
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42368
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/razer_zwopenprocess.rb
- https://github.com/kkent030315/CVE-2017-9769

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