CVE-2022-38699

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

MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: September 28, 2022 at 03:25 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:57 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorArmoury Crate Service

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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.2.10.05.1.5.0
Affected range stops below 5.2.10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.9MEDIUMtwcert
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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