CVE-2022-36438

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

18/10/2022

Last modified:

13/05/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:asus:asusswitch::::::::		1.0.10.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:asus:system_control_interface::::::::	3.0.0.0 (including)	3.1.5.0 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2022-36438

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools