Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2024 · Assigned by SEC-VLab

CVE-2024-36495Read/Write Permissions for Everyone on Configuration File

High 7.7

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect default permissions in WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise) from Faronics. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 24% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.7High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The application Faronics WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise) saves its configuration in an encrypted file on the file system which "Everyone" has read and write access to, path to file: C:\ProgramData\WINSelect\WINSelect.wsd The path for the affected WINSelect Enterprise configuration file is: C:\ProgramData\Faronics\StorageSpace\WS\WINSelect.wsd

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Faronics	WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise)	see references

Weakness: CWE-276 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

https://r.sec-consult.com/winselect third-party-advisory
https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/winselect-standard-release-notes release-notes
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jun/12