Read/Write Permissions for Everyone on Configuration File
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
The vendor provides a patched version 8.30.xx.903 since May 2024 which can be downloaded from the following URL:
https://www.faronics.com/document-library/document/download-winselect-standard
The vendor provided the following changelog:
https://www.faronics.com/en-uk/document-library/document/winselect-standard-release-notes
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Daniel Hirschberger | SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab