Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2024 · Assigned by CERT-PL

CVE-2024-3461

Medium 6.2

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Kioware from Kioware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

KioWare for Windows (versions all through 8.35) allows to brute force the PIN number, which protects the application from being closed, as there are no mechanisms preventing a user from excessively guessing the number.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kioware	Kioware	0 – through 8.35

Weakness: CWE-307 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

https://cert.pl/posts/2024/04/CVE-2024-3459 third-party-advisory
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2024/04/CVE-2024-3459 third-party-advisory
https://www.kioware.com/ product