ASUS DriverHub Security Update for ASUS DriverHub Section certificate validation

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A vulnerability was found in ASUS DriverHub. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Security Update for ASUS DriverHub Section. This manipulation causes certificate validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-3463. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in ASUS DriverHub (version unknown) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Security Update for ASUS DriverHub Section. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

"This issue is limited to motherboards and does not affect laptops, desktop computers, or other endpoints." An insufficient validation vulnerability in ASUS DriverHub may allow untrusted sources to affect system behavior via crafted HTTP requests. Refer to the 'Security Update for ASUS DriverHub' section on the ASUS Security Advisory for more information.

It is possible to read the advisory at asus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-3463 since 04/09/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/04/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237746 (ASUS DriverHub < 1.0.6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (237746) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-14095). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Hardware Driver Software

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• ASUS

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• DriverHub

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.asus.com/

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