VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-36438

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.18%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-10-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-276
  • 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-276

Primary references