8.5
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2025-9968
Armoury Crate UnifyScanner Local Privilege Escalation
Description

A link following vulnerability exists in the UnifyScanner component of Armoury Crate. This vulnerability may be triggered by creating a specially crafted junction, potentially leading to local privilege escalation. For more information, please refer to section 'Security Update for Armoury Crate App' in the ASUS Security Advisory.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 13, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 13, 2025, 9:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-9968 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Asus armoury_crate
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1
CVSS 4.0 HIGH 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1
Solution
Update Armoury Crate to the latest version to fix the UnifyScanner privilege escalation vulnerability.
  • Update the Armoury Crate application.
  • Apply ASUS security advisory updates.
  • Review system configurations for junction creation.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.asus.com/security-advisory/
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1

    Oct. 13, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description A link following vulnerability exists in the UnifyScanner component of Armoury Crate. This vulnerability may be triggered by creating a specially crafted junction, potentially leading to local privilege escalation. For more information, please refer to section 'Security Update for Armoury Crate App' in the ASUS Security Advisory.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-59
    Added Reference https://www.asus.com/security-advisory/
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.5
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