SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2024-36496

CVE-2024-36496 — The configuration file is encrypted with a static key derived from a static five

The configuration file is encrypted with a static key derived from a static five-character password which allows an attacker to decrypt this file. The application hashes this five-character password with the outdated and broken MD5 algorithm (no salt) and uses the first five byte

CVSS
EPSS
27.00% (top 49.80%)
CWE
CWE-798
Published
2024-06-24T09:04:18.257Z
Last modified
2025-02-13T17:52:55.434Z
CVSS vector

01What is this vulnerability?

The configuration file is encrypted with a static key derived from a static five-character password which allows an attacker to decrypt this file. The application hashes this five-character password with the outdated and broken MD5 algorithm (no salt) and uses the first five bytes as the key for RC4. The configuration file is then encrypted with these parameters.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
FaronicsWINSelect (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

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

09References

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