CVE-2026-8070
Description
Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in Armoury Crate allows a local user to bypass the driver’s validation mechanism, resulting in unauthorized read and write access to physical memory.Refer to the ' Security Update for Armoury Crate App ' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.
AI Insight
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A permission assignment flaw in Armoury Crate allows local users to bypass driver validation and gain unauthorized read/write access to physical memory.
Vulnerability
A flaw in the Armoury Crate application (versions prior to the security update) involves incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource. This allows a local user to bypass the driver's validation mechanism, leading to unauthorized access to physical memory. The affected component is the driver validation logic within Armoury Crate. [1]
Exploitation
An attacker with local user access to the system can exploit this vulnerability without requiring additional privileges. The attacker triggers the permission bypass by interacting with the vulnerable resource, causing the driver to skip validation checks. No user interaction beyond local access is needed.
Impact
Successful exploitation grants the attacker unauthorized read and write access to physical memory, which can be leveraged to compromise the system at a high privilege level.
Mitigation
ASUS has released a security update for the Armoury Crate app. Users should update to the latest version as detailed in the 'Security Update for Armoury Crate App' section of the ASUS Security Advisory [1]. No workarounds are documented; applying the patch is the recommended action.
AI Insight generated on May 29, 2026. Synthesized from this CVE's description and the cited reference URLs; citations are validated against the source bundle.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
Root cause
"Incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource in Armoury Crate allows a local user to bypass the driver's validation mechanism."
Attack vector
A local attacker exploits incorrect permission assignment on a critical resource within Armoury Crate [ref_id=1]. By leveraging this misconfiguration, the attacker bypasses the driver's built-in validation mechanism. This grants unauthorized read and write access to physical memory, which can be used to escalate privileges or extract sensitive data from the kernel space.
Affected code
The advisory does not specify particular functions, files, or code paths. The vulnerability resides in the Armoury Crate application's driver component, where a critical resource has incorrect permission assignment [ref_id=1].
What the fix does
The advisory directs users to the "Security Update for Armoury Crate App" section on the ASUS Security Advisory page [ref_id=1]. No specific patch diff or code change is published in the advisory. The recommended remediation is to apply the latest security update for Armoury Crate, which corrects the permission assignment on the affected resource.
Preconditions
- authAttacker must have local access to the system running Armoury Crate.
- configArmoury Crate must be installed with the vulnerable driver component.
Generated on May 29, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
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