CVE-2024-9157

HIGH

Synaptics audio drivers - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

** 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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 24.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (3)
Synaptics/Synaptics Audio Driver < 9.0.278.*
Synaptics/Synaptics Audio Driver < 9.0.282.*
Synaptics/Synaptics Audio Driver < 9.0.285.*
Published Mar 11, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026