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

CVE-2024-36496Hardcoded Credentials

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity hard-coded credentials 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 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The configuration file is encrypted with a static key derived from a static five-character password which allows an attacker to decrypt this file. The application hashes this five-character password with the outdated and broken MD5 algorithm (no salt) and uses the first five bytes as the key for RC4. The configuration file is then encrypted with these parameters.

Affected products (as reported)

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

Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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