CVE-2022-36438

EPSS 0.03%
Published 18.10.2022 12:15:09
Last modified 13.05.2025 15:15:48
Source cve@mitre.org
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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.

Affected products Warnungen 0 Metrics 3 CWE 1 References 5

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

Asus ≫ Asusswitch Version < 1.0.10.0

Asus ≫ System Control Interface Version >= 3.0.0.0 < 3.1.5.0

Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.

EPSS Metriken
Type	Source	Score	Percentile
EPSS	FIRST.org	0.03%	0.075

CVSS Metriken
Source	Base Score	Exploit Score	Impact Score	Vector string
nvd@nist.gov	7.8	1.8	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	7.8	1.8	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions

During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files.

https://asus-my.sharepoint.com/personal/carinacw_li_asus_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw_li_asus_com%2FDocuments%2FSecurity%2FCase-220713%2FAsus%20Switch%20LPE.pdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw_li_asus_com%2FDocuments%2FSecurity%2FCase-220713&ga=1

https://asus.com

Vendor Advisory

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36438

CVE Source (NVD)

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2022-36438

CVE Source (JSON)

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2022-36438

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