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CVE-2024-36495: Read/Write Permissions for Everyone on Configuration File

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-06-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

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

Affected products

• Faronics Winselect: all versions

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jun/12
• https://r.sec-consult.com/winselect
• https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/winselect-standard-release-notes
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jun/12
• https://r.sec-consult.com/winselect
• https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/winselect-standard-release-notes

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