CVE-2024-36495 — The application Faronics WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise) saves its configurati

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:

01What is this vulnerability?

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:

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Faronics	WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise)	8.30.xx.903

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2024-06-24T08:50:07.161Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-13T17:52:54.797Z

09References

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