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CVE-2017-17556
A debug tool in Synaptics TouchPad drivers allows local users with administrative access to obtain sensitive information about keyboard…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 0.62%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 50% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A debug tool in Synaptics TouchPad drivers allows local users with administrative access to obtain sensitive information about keyboard scan codes by modifying registry keys.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.62% · top 50% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- https://www.synaptics.com/company/blog/touchpad-security-brief (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://zwclose.github.io/HP-keylogger/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- HPSBHF03564 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-8714 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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