CVE-2024-36497 (GCVE-0-2024-36497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-24 09:06 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:52
VLAI?
Title
Unhashed Storage of Password
Summary
The decrypted configuration file contains the password in cleartext which is used to configure WINSelect. It can be used to remove the existing restrictions and disable WINSelect entirely.
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Faronics WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise) Unaffected: 8.30.xx.903 (custom)
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Credits
Daniel Hirschberger | SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab
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