Handler on Duty: Brad Duncan
Threat Level: green
| Published | 2026-04-16 03:16:25 |
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| Last Modified | 2026-04-17 15:17:00 |
| AKA | CVE-2026-1880 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Access Vector | Local | Adjacent | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Complexity | Low | Medium | High |
| Authentication | None | Single | Multiple |
| Confidentiality | None | Partial | Complete |
| Integrity | None | Partial | Complete |
| Availability | None | Partial | Complete |