Co-Installer Privilege Escalation_CVE-2025-11772

6.6 / 10

MEDIUM

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

Description

A carefully crafted DLL, copied to

C:\ProgramData\Synaptics

folder, allows a local user to execute
arbitrary code with elevated privileges during driver installation.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-11772

Source Synaptics

Published Dec 1, 2025 at 18:55

Modified Dec 1, 2025 at 19:08

Affected Product

Vendor Synaptics

Product Synaptics Fingerprint Driver

Version 5.5.3521.1066

Affected Versions Synaptics Synaptics Fingerprint Driver 5.5.3521.1066
Synaptics Synaptics Fingerprint Driver 5.5.4012.1052

CWE Classification

CWE-427

References

www.synaptics.com /sites/default/files/2025-12/fingerprint-driver-co-installer-security-brief-2025-12-01.pdf

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