CVE-2024-28140 (GCVE-0-2024-28140)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-11 15:48 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Violation of Least Privilege Principle
Summary
The scanner device boots into a kiosk mode by default and opens the Scan2Net interface in a browser window. This browser is run with the permissions of the root user. There are also several other applications running as root user. This can be confirmed by running "ps aux" as the root user and observing the output.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-11 17:19 UTC
CWE
- CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
SEC-VLab
CNA
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://r.sec-consult.com/imageaccess | third-party-advisory |
| https://www.imageaccess.de/?page=SupportPortal&lang=en | patch |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Dec/2 |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image Access GmbH | Scan2Net |
Affected:
0 , < 7.42
(custom)
|
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