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Medium
CVE-2022-38699
ASUS Armoury Crate Service - Arbitrary File Creation via Elevation of Privilege Flaw
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Armoury Crate Service
Vulnerable Versions:
5.1.5.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 28th, 2022
Last Modified:
May 21st, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H