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TI-2022-18232 Aliases CVE-2022-38699GHSA-q96q-h836-9q4h

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

Priority LOW 28CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Physical
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00329 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ASUSArmoury Crate Service5.1.5.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Armoury Crate Service VendorASUS Affected 5.1.5.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:asus:armoury_crate_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.2.10.0VulnerableASUS
  • cpe:2.3:a:asus:armoury_crate_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.2.10.0 Vulnerable ·ASUS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-38699
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q96q-h836-9q4h

References

Advisory 1

Sources

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