What is CVE-2022-42455?

CVE-2022-42455 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Armoury_crate, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-42455?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Asus Armoury_crate

CVE-2022-42455

ASUS EC Tool driver (aka d.sys) 1beb15c90dcf7a5234ed077833a0a3e900969b60be1d04fcebce0a9f8994bdbb, as signed by ASUS and shipped with multiple ASUS software products, contains multiple IOCTL handlers that provide raw read and write access t…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (5.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Asus Armoury_crate
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42455?: CVE-2022-42455 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Armoury_crate, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-42455?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.