{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36438 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36438 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2022-36438 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-36438 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-36438 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36438 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36438/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36438/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-36438","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36438/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-36438","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j474-2x28-2gg2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"ASUS System Control Interface","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Weak file permissions in AsusSwitch.exe allow local attackers to escalate privileges and arbitrarily delete system files on ASUS Windows PCs.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"asusswitch","vendor":"asus"},{"product":"system_control_interface","vendor":"asus"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-276","name":"Incorrect Default Permissions"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2022-36438","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2022-36439"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Hazelcast connection caching","id":"CVE-2022-36437"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2022-10-18","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-13","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Weak file permissions in AsusSwitch.exe allow local attackers to escalate privileges and arbitrarily delete system files on ASUS Windows PCs.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-36438/"}