Is CVE-2021-44226 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-44226 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-44226?

CVE-2021-44226 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-44226?

CVE-2021-44226 has an EPSS score of 0.89% (55th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-44226?

Upgrade synapse to 3.7.0228.022817 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-44226

HIGH

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Razer Synapse before 3.7.0228.022817 allows privilege escalation because it relies on %PROGRAMDATA%\Razer\Synapse3\Service\bin even if %PROGRAMDATA%\Razer has been created by any unprivileged user before Synapse is installed. The unprivileged user may have placed Trojan horse DLLs there.

CWE-427

How to fix

Remediation Available

synapseNVD

Affected:< 3.7.0228.022817Fixed in:3.7.0228.022817CVE-2021-44226derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.89%probability of exploitation in 30 days

55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit3

Vendor Advisory1

razer.com

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-427 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-27955	Critical	9.8	83%	-	-
CVE-2017-6517	Critical	9.8	46%	-	-
CVE-2020-3153	Medium	6.5	28%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-48990	High	7.8	20%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-9491	High	7.8	13%	-	-
CVE-2020-3433	High	7.8	10%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2021-44226

Markdown

[![CVE-2021-44226](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2021-44226.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2021-44226)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2021-44226"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2021-44226.svg" alt="CVE-2021-44226"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.