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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2022-26668

High
7.3/10

Summary

ASUS Control Center API has a broken access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker can call privileged API functions to perform partial system operations or cause partial disrupt of service.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published