CVE-2022-38699: ASUS Armoury Crate Service - Arbitrary File Creation via Elevation of Privilege Flaw

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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.

Affected products

ASUS Armoury Crate Service: before 5.2.10.0 — fixed in 5.2.10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ASUS Armoury Crate Service 5.2.10.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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