CVE-2024-28140 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-28140

Violation of Least Privilege Principle

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Daniel Hirschberger (SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab)
  • Tobias Niemann (SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab)

Affected Vendor

Image Access GmbH

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Affected Software

Scan2Net
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 11th, 2024
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)