CVE Disclosure: [CVE-2024-44346]

Date: [13-09-2024]

Summary

A vulnerability was identified in Tosibox tbsetup.exe version 4.0.0.0 , which could allow local privilege escalation . This issue has been assigned the identifier [CVE-2024-44346] .The vendor has released an advisory with further details and remediation steps.

Affected Products

• Vendor: Tosibox
• Product: tbsetup.exe
• Version: 4.0.0.0

Vulnerability Description

Tosibox was informed about the issue in Tosibox Key software that could potentially allow execution of arbitrary code when running Tosibox Key installer (tbsetup.exe). A successful attempt would require the local user having downloaded or otherwise placed, a malicious binary application in the same directory as installer binary and then running the installer.

Impact

If successful, the attackers code would execute with the elevated privileges of the application.

Vendor Advisory

The vendor, Tosibox, has released an advisory regarding this vulnerability. You can view the advisory at the following link:

• https://tosibox.service-now.com/customer_portal?id=kb_article_view&sys_kb_id=569a9b4a3318de108efa2c023d5c7bc5

Remediation

It is strongly recommended that users of the affected products take the following actions:

1. Update to the fixed version as mentioned in the vendor's advisory: The new version (4.0.1) of Tosibox Key for Windows.

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by Shaurya & Sahil Shah , and we thank the vendor, Tosibox, for their co-operation in releasing a patch.

Timeline

• Date of Discovery: [5 August 2024]
• Vendor Notification: [27 Aug 2024]
• Vendor Acknowledgment: [13 Aug 2023]
• Patch Release: [27 Aug 2024]
• Public Disclosure: [13 Sept 2024]

References

• Link to CVE entry
• Link to Vendor Advisory

Contact

If you have any questions or need more information, feel free to reach out at [sahilshah70983@gmail.com].