What is CVE-2021-40981?

CVE-2021-40981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Armoury Crate Lite Service, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2021-09-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-40981?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-40981 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Asus Armoury Crate Lite Service

CVE-2021-40981

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Asus Armoury_crate_lite_service
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Public proof-of-concept exploits

last-byte/last-byte

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40981?: CVE-2021-40981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Armoury Crate Lite Service, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2021-09-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-40981?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-40981 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.