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VAR-202210-1161

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-05-13 23:21

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. ASUSTeK Computer Inc. of asusswitch and system control interface There is a vulnerability in improper default permissions.Information is obtained, information is tampered with, and service operation is interrupted. (DoS) It may be in a state

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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

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


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

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://asus.com
	https://asus-my.sharepoint.com/personal/carinacw_…

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        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://asus.com"
        },
        {
          "url": "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\u0026parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw_li_asus_com%2FDocuments%2FSecurity%2FCase-220713\u0026ga=1"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2022-36438",
    "datePublished": "2022-10-18T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2022-07-25T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-05-13T14:51:25.051Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

VAR-202210-1161

CVE-2022-36438 (GCVE-0-2022-36438)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature