RazerCentralSerivce Unsafe Named Pipe Permission Escalation of Privilege Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
Improper Privilege Control in RazerCentralSerivce Named Pipe in Razer RazerCentral <=7.11.0.558 on Windows allows a malicious actor with local access to gain SYSTEM privilege via communicating with the named pipe as a low-privilege user and calling "AddModule" or "UninstallModules" command to execute arbitrary executable file.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-3514
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-73pr-w8f4-pxm7
References
More Razer Central vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-03279 RazerCentralService Unsafe Deserialization Escalation of Privilege CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2022-22554 Arbitrary File Delete vulnerability in Razer Central before v7.8.0.381 when handling files in the Accounts directory. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-3514 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-3514 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-73pr-w8f4-pxm7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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