PT-2021-23031 · Asus · Asus Rog Armoury Crate Lite

Last · Published 2021-09-27 · Updated 2021-10-01 · CVE-2021-40981

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ASUS ROG Armoury Crate Lite versions prior to 4.2.10

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse file in the publicly writable %PROGRAMDATA%ASUSGamingCenterLib directory. This is a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.2.10, update to version 4.2.10 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting write access to the %PROGRAMDATA%ASUSGamingCenterLib directory to prevent malicious file placement.

Exploit

Fix

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-427

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-40981

Affected Products

Asus Rog Armoury Crate Lite

References · 9

• 🔥 https://aptw.tf/2021/09/24/armoury-crate-privesc.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40981 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40981 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/4396 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21482 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/ckure/9557 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/29436 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21780 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/21489 · Telegram Post