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 0.0003.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
ASUS Armoury Crate unaffected
Version Status Constraints
before 6.3.4 affected —

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References
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History

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Asus
Asus armoury Crate
Vendors & Products Asus
Asus armoury Crate

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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
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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ASUS

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T03:55:20.713Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-9968

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-14T14:02:00.248Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2025-10-14T19:36:29.240

Link: CVE-2025-9968

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Updated: 2025-10-20T16:13:32Z

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