GSD-2022-36438

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19
Details
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.
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CVE-2022-36438
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