CVE-2025-11772 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-11772: Co-Installer Privilege Escalation

Vendor Synaptics
Product Synaptics Fingerprint Driver
Weakness CWE-427
Published December 1, 2025
Last update December 1, 2025

CVSS base score

6.6/10
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A carefully crafted DLL, copied to C:\ProgramData\Synaptics folder, allows a local user to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges during driver installation.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 1, 2025 CVE published
December 1, 2025 Record updated