CVE-2022-36439

MEDIUM

ASUS System Control Interface <3.1.5.0 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

AsusSoftwareManager.exe in ASUS System Control Interface on ASUS personal computers (running Windows) allows a local user to write into the Temp directory and delete another more privileged file via SYSTEM privileges. This affects ASUS System Control Interface 3 before 3.1.5.0, AsusSoftwareManger.exe before 1.0.53.0, and AsusLiveUpdate.dll before 1.0.45.0.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Various Sources

https://asus-my.sharepoint.com/personal/carinacw_li_asus_com/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw_li_asus_com%2FDocuments%2FSecurity%2FCase-220713%2FAsus%20Arbitary%20File%20Deletion.pdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fcarinacw_li_asus_com%2FDocuments%2FSecurity%2FCase-220713&ga=1

Vendor Advisory

https://asus.com

Scores

CVSS v3 6.0

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 11.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-276

Status published

Products (3)

asus/asusliveupdate < 1.0.45.0

asus/asussoftwaremanger < 1.0.53.0

asus/system_control_interface 3.0.0.0 - 3.1.5.0

Published Oct 18, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026