CVE-2019-25764 ASUS CVE debrief

Who should care

Users of ASUS AURA SYNC driver should review the ASUS Security Advisory for potential impacts and recommended actions. This includes assessing the vulnerability's impact on their systems and taking necessary steps to mitigate the risk.

Technical summary

CVE-2019-25764 is an Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control vulnerability in the ASUS AURA SYNC driver. This allows a local user to bypass the driver's verification and invoke arbitrary IOCTLs, potentially resulting in privilege escalation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.3 and is classified as HIGH severity. Users should review the ASUS Security Advisory for potential impacts and recommended actions, focusing on assessing the vulnerability's impact on their systems and taking necessary steps to mitigate the risk. Evidence is limited; verify vulnerability details with ASUS Security Advisory and confirm affected product deployments in managed environments.

Defensive priority

High priority due to potential for privilege escalation.

Recommended defensive actions

• Review and apply the ASUS Security Advisory recommendations
• Inventory and assess ASUS AURA SYNC driver installations
• Monitor for potential exploitation attempts
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented

Evidence notes

Evidence is limited; verify vulnerability details with ASUS Security Advisory. The CVE record was published on 2026-07-17T07:16:37.193Z and has not been modified since then. The NVD entry is currently Received. Limited source detail available; verify affected scope and severity with ASUS.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.