Violation of Least Privilege Principle
Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-250Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-250.
Summary
The scanner device boots into a kiosk mode by default and opens the Scan2Net interface in a browser window. This browser is run with the permissions of the root user. There are also several other applications running as root user. This can be confirmed by running "ps aux" as the root user and observing the output.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00301 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Scan2Net (Image Access GmbH): 7.42
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image Access GmbH | Scan2Net | before 7.42 | 7.42 | Patch available | CNA |
- Scan2Net VendorImage Access GmbH Affected before 7.42 Fixed in 7.42 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Scan2Net (Image Access GmbH) Fixed in 7.42
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-28140
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jq63-f9q2-ph96
References
More Image Access GmbH vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-18717 Privilege escalation through sudo misconfiguration CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-18719 Cross-site request-forgery in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2024-32190 Stored cross site scripting in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2024-24274 Stored cross site scripting in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2024-24270 Reflected cross site scripting in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2024-18720 Stored cross site scripting in Image Access GmbH Scan2Net CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
Sources
- CVE-2024-28140 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-28140 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jq63-f9q2-ph96 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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