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CVE-2022-36438

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2022-10-18 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Asus System Control InterfaceAsus Asusswitch

Weakness Type

CWE-276, CWE-276

References