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CVE-2022-36438
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2022-10-18T12:15:09.420 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:53:27.300

Summary

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.

Affected products

asus — asusswitch

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References

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