Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
7.3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Famatech Advanced IP Scanner. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the application's use of Qt. The application loads Qt plugins from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of an administrator.

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Source: ZDI
First published (updated )
Advisory
ZDI-24-670
Severity
7.3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Famatech Advanced IP Scanner. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the application's use of Qt. The application loads Qt plugins from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of an administrator.

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Source: ZDI
First published (updated )
Severity
7.3
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Famatech Advanced IP Scanner Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Famatech Advanced IP Scanner. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the application's use of Qt. The application loads Qt plugins from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of an administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-20768.

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Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
6.9
Infoleak
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vulnerability of unauthorized exposure of confidential information affecting Advanced IP Scanner and Advanced Port Scanner. It occurs when these applications initiate a network scan, inadvertently sending the NTLM hash of the user performing the scan. This vulnerability can be exploited by intercepting network traffic to a legitimate server or by setting up a fake server, in both local and remote scenarios. This exposure is relevant for both HTTP/HTTPS and SMB protocols.

Remedy

The vulnerability has not yet been fixed, but the Famatech Corp team is working on it.
First published (updated )

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