TI-2021-17854 Aliases CVE-2021-40981 GHSA-69h2-7g5x-pmj8

ASUS ROG Armoury Crate Lite before 4.2.10 allows local users to gain privileges by…

LOW 32CWE-427Published 2021-09-27 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

ASUS ROG Armoury Crate Lite before 4.2.10 allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse file in the publicly writable %PROGRAMDATA%\ASUS\GamingCenterLib directory.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.004 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:asus:armoury_crate_lite_service::::::::	before 4.2.10	Vulnerable	ASUS

cpe:2.3:a:asus:armoury_crate_lite_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.2.10 Vulnerable ·ASUS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40981
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-69h2-7g5x-pmj8

References

Exploit 1

https://aptw.tf/2021/09/24/armoury-crate-privesc.html

Sources

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