---
id: CVE-2025-9968
title: >-
  A link following vulnerability exists in the UnifyScanner component of Armoury
  Crate
summary: >-
  A link following vulnerability exists in the UnifyScanner component of Armoury
  Crate. This vulnerability may be triggered by creating a specially crafted
  junction, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.

  For more information, …
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-59
published: '2025-10-13'
updated: '2026-09-26'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-26T00:10:00.127'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9968'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.asus.com/security-advisory/'
    label: 54bf65a7-a193-42d2-b1ba-8e150d3c35e1
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00196
epssPercentile: 0.0827
ingestedAt: '2026-09-26T00:22:39.961Z'
---

## Overview

A link following vulnerability exists in the UnifyScanner component of Armoury Crate. This vulnerability may be triggered by creating a specially crafted junction, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.
For more information, please refer to section 'Security Update for Armoury Crate App' in the ASUS Security Advisory.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.