CVE-2022-36438

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 High 7.8

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-36438

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-10-18T12:15:09

Last Modified Date
2022-10-20T17:49:21

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-276	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:asus:asusswitch::::::::	1	OR		1.0.10.0
cpe:2.3:a:asus:system_control_interface::::::::	1	OR	3.0.0.0	3.1.5.0

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
7.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://asus.com
https://asus-my.sharepoint.com/personal/carinacw_li_asus_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw%5Fli%5Fasus%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2FSecurity%2FCase%2D220713%2FAsus%20Switch%20LPE%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw%5Fli%5Fasus%5Fcom%2FDocumen

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36438
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-36438

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-10-18 13:00:12				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-07 08:51:16	2022-10-18T12:15Z	2022-10-18T12:15:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-07 08:51:16		2022-10-20T17:49:21	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-07 08:51:16		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated