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GHSA-Q96Q-H836-9Q4H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-29 00:00 – Updated: 2022-10-01 00:00

Details

Armoury Crate Service’s logging function has insufficient validation to check if the log file is a symbolic link. A physical attacker with general user privilege can modify the log file property to a symbolic link that points to arbitrary system file, causing the logging function to overwrite the system file and disrupt the system.

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2022-38699 (GCVE-0-2022-38699)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-28 03:25 – Updated: 2025-05-21 14:54

Title

ASUS Armoury Crate Service - Arbitrary File Creation via Elevation of Privilege Flaw

Summary

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-21 14:54 UTC

CWE

CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

twcert mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6522-4eacb-1.html	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
ASUS	Armoury Crate Service	Affected: 5.1.5.0

Date Public

2022-09-15 00:00

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