{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-36497", "assignerOrgId": "551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "SEC-VLab", "dateReserved": "2024-05-29T06:48:49.689Z", "datePublished": "2024-06-24T09:06:03.500Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-02-13T17:52:56.098Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "affected": [ { "defaultStatus": "affected", "product": "WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise)", "vendor": "Faronics", "versions": [ { "status": "unaffected", "version": "8.30.xx.903", "versionType": "custom" } ] } ], "credits": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "finder", "value": "Daniel Hirschberger | SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab" } ], "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [ { "base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "
The decrypted configuration file contains the password in cleartext \nwhich is used to configure WINSelect. It can be used to remove the \nexisting restrictions and disable WINSelect entirely.
" } ], "value": "The decrypted configuration file contains the password in cleartext \nwhich is used to configure WINSelect. It can be used to remove the \nexisting restrictions and disable WINSelect entirely." } ], "impacts": [ { "capecId": "CAPEC-578", "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "CAPEC-578 Disable Security Software" } ] } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "cweId": "CWE-312", "description": "CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE" } ] } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf", "shortName": "SEC-VLab", "dateUpdated": "2024-06-25T06:06:07.376Z" }, "references": [ { "tags": [ "third-party-advisory" ], "url": "https://r.sec-consult.com/winselect" }, { "tags": [ "release-notes" ], "url": "https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/winselect-standard-release-notes" }, { "url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jun/12" } ], "solutions": [ { "lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [ { "base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "The vendor provides a patched version 8.30.xx.903 since May 2024 which can be downloaded from the following URL:
https://www.faronics.com/document-library/document/download-winselect-standard
The vendor provided the following changelog:
https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/winselect-standard-release-notes