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CVE-2024-28140

Violation of Least Privilege Principle

Published: Dec 11, 2024Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-250
NVD MITRE
6.1CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:PAttack Vector
Physical
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-250

Affected Products

Scan2NetImage Access GmbH
On-prem
Enterprise Software / document-mgmt
image access gmbhcommercialEnterprise Softwareaka scan2net

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://r.sec-consult.com/imageaccess
r.sec-consult.com
https://www.imageaccess.de/?page=SupportPortal&lang=en
imageaccess.de
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Dec/2
seclists.org

Timeline

Published
Dec 11, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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