CVE-2025-59374 (GCVE-0-2025-59374)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-17 04:27
Modified
2025-12-18 04:55
Severity ?
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code
Summary
"UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED" Certain versions of the ASUS Live Update client were distributed with unauthorized modifications introduced through a supply chain compromise. The modified builds could cause devices meeting specific targeting conditions to perform unintended actions. Only devices that met these conditions and installed the compromised versions were affected. The Live Update client has already reached End-of-Support (EOS) in October 2021, and no currently supported devices or products are affected by this issue.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ASUS live update Version: before 3.6.6
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2025-12-17

Due date: 2026-01-07

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1018727/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59374

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