CVE-2025-59373 Privilege escalation in MyASUS
Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM by placing malicious files in protected paths during the restore mechanism of the ASUS MyASUS utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-59373?
CVE-2025-59373 is a high-severity vulnerability in MyASUS, published on 25 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in
the restore mechanism of
ASUS System Control Interface. It can be triggered when an unprivileged actor copies files without proper validation into protected system paths, potentially leading to arbitrary files being executed as SYSTEM. For more information, please refer to section Security Update for MyASUS in the ASUS Security Advisory.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59373?
How do I fix CVE-2025-59373?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59373 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-59373 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59373 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h2gm-8gg9-5mh6.