CVE-2026-1880
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Description
An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the ASUS DriverHub update process allows privilege escalation due to improper protection of required execution resources during the validation phase, permitting a local user to make unprivileged modifications. This allows the altered resource to pass system checks and be executed with elevated privileges upon a user-initiated update. Refer to the 'Security Update for ASUS DriverHub' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.4
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1
Published
2026-04-16 03:16:25.857000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
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"published": "2026-04-16T03:16:25.857",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T21:10:00.170",
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"value": "An Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the ASUS DriverHub update process allows privilege escalation due to improper protection of required execution resources during the validation phase, permitting a local user to make unprivileged modifications. This allows the altered resource to pass system checks and be executed with elevated privileges upon a user-initiated update.\nRefer to the 'Security Update for ASUS DriverHub' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information."
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"value": "Una vulnerabilidad de Asignación Incorrecta de Permisos para Recursos Críticos en el proceso de actualización de ASUS DriverHub permite la escalada de privilegios debido a la protección inadecuada de los recursos de ejecución requeridos durante la fase de validación, permitiendo a un usuario local realizar modificaciones sin privilegios. Esto permite que el recurso alterado pase las comprobaciones del sistema y sea ejecutado con privilegios elevados tras una actualización iniciada por el usuario.\nConsulte la sección ’Actualización de seguridad para ASUS DriverHub’ en el Aviso de Seguridad de ASUS para más información."
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