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TI-2024-24271 Aliases CVE-2024-36495GHSA-3g4h-66cq-c8vg

Read/Write Permissions for Everyone on Configuration File

Priority HIGH 69CWE-276Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00313 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise) (Faronics): 8.30.xx.903

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
FaronicsWINSelect (Standard + Enterprise)—8.30.xx.903Patch availableCNA
  • WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise) VendorFaronics Affected — Fixed in 8.30.xx.903 Patch available CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:faronics:winselect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Faronics
  • cpe:2.3:a:faronics:winselect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Faronics

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise) (Faronics) Fixed in 8.30.xx.903

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-36495
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3g4h-66cq-c8vg

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2024-24273 Unhashed Storage of Password CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-12895 An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2023-12901 An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-12897 An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-24272 Hardcoded credentials in Faronics WINSelect CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-12896 An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
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Sources

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