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2 vulnerabilities found for asusswitch by asus
CVE-2022-36438 (GCVE-0-2022-36438)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2022-10-18 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-13 14:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-13 14:50 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
2 references
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CVE-2022-36438 (GCVE-0-2022-36438)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-18 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-13 14:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-13 14:50 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Assigner
References
2 references
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