CVE-2022-36438: AsusSwitch.exe on ASUS personal computers (running Windows) sets weak file permissions, leading to local privilege escalation (this also can be used to delete…

PriorityP339high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.16%

5.9th percentile

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

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
asus	asusswitch	< 1.0.10.0	1.0.10.0
asus	system_control_interface	>= 3.0.0.0 < 3.1.5.0	3.1.5.0

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