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TI-2024-24273 Aliases CVE-2024-36497GHSA-7p6q-hqg2-6cpg

Unhashed Storage of Password

Priority HIGH 80CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
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-312.

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00462 40th 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
Yes
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-2024-36497
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7p6q-hqg2-6cpg

References

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • 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-2024-24271 Read/Write Permissions for Everyone on Configuration File CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
  • 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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