CVE-2022-36438

 

Published at: - 18-10-2022 02:15

Last modified: - 20-10-2022 07:49

Total changes: - 2

Description

AsusSwitch.exe on ASUS personal computers (running Windows) sets weak file permissions, leading to local privilege escalation (this also can be used to delete files within the system arbitrarily). This affects ASUS System Control Interface 3 before 3.1.5.0, and AsusSwitch.exe before 1.0.10.0.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

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

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://asus.com
• https://asus-my.sharepoint.com/personal/carinacw_li_asus_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw%5Fli%5Fasus%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2FSecurity%2FCase%2D220713%2FAsus%20Switch%20LPE%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw%5Fli%5Fasus%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2FSecurity%2FCase%2D220713&ga=1

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2022-36438

 

CVE

 

Common vulnerabilities & exposures

 

CVSS

 

Common vulnerability scoring system

 

Security

 

Vulnerabilities

 

Exposures