CVE-2025-9968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00017.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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Advisories

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Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.asus.com/security-advisory/

History

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values 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.
Weaknesses		CWE-59
References		https://www.asus.com/security-advisory/
Metrics		cvssV4_0 `{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ASUS

Published: 2025-10-13T08:13:33.300Z

Updated: 2025-10-13T08:32:50.558Z

Reserved: 2025-09-04T06:41:21.334Z

Link: CVE-2025-9968

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-13T09:15:41.273

Modified: 2025-10-13T09:15:41.273

Link: CVE-2025-9968

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