{"id":"CVE-2025-59374","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-59374","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T05:59:58.827Z","title":"ASUS Live Update Embedded Malicious Code Vulnerability","description":"\"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.","published":"2025-12-17T05:16:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-25T23:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.3,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-506"],"affected":["asus/live update"],"epss":{"score":0.01197,"percentile":0.68074,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-12-17","dueDate":"2026-01-07","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nhttps://www.asus.com/support/faq/1018727/ ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59374"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 7 January 2026). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.asus.com/news/hqfgvuyz6uyayje1/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-59374","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59374","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}