What is CVE-2024-36495?

CVE-2024-36495 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faronics Winselect (Standard + Enterprise), classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-36495?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-36495 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Faronics Winselect (Standard + Enterprise)

CVE-2024-36495

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

EPSS: 0.003 (23.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Faronics Winselect (Standard + Enterprise) — versions 8.30.xx.903

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Ekitji/siem

References

551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf (third-party-advisory)
551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf (release-notes)
551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36495?: CVE-2024-36495 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faronics Winselect (Standard + Enterprise), classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-36495?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-36495 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.