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.
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

The vendor provides a firmware update to version 7.42 (or higher) which can be downloaded via the vendor's customer server portal.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Violation of Least Privilege Principle
Weaknesses CWE-250
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: SEC-VLab

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:54:23.530Z

Reserved: 2024-03-05T09:15:40.201Z

Link: CVE-2024-28140

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:54:23.530Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-12-11T16:15:10.050

Modified: 2025-11-03T22:16:49.767

Link: CVE-2024-28140

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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