Directory traversal

On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent must run under the local SYSTEM account or another administrator account in order to enable full functionality of the agent. The typical configuration is for the agent to run as a Windows service under the local SYSTEM account. The SecureConnector...

Code injection

On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent must run under the local SYSTEM account or another administrator account in order to enable full functionality of the agent. The typical configuration is for the agent to run as a Windows service under the local SYSTEM account. The SecureConnector...

CVE-2016-9485

CVE-2016-9485 affects ForeScout CounterACT’s SecureConnector agent on Windows. The agent runs with SYSTEM/administrator privileges and downloads scripts/executables from the CounterACT appliance but does not set permissions on downloaded files, allowing an authenticated unprivileged user to take ...

CVE-2016-9486

CVE-2016-9486 affects ForeScout CounterACT's Windows SecureConnector agent. The agent downloads and runs scripts/executables from the current user’s TEMP directory while executing a SYSTEM-level batch file, creating insecure permissions and enabling privilege escalation for a local unprivileged u...

CVE-2016-9485 On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent is vulnerable to privilege escalation whereby an authenticated unprivileged user can obtain administrator privileges on the endpoint because it fails to set any permissions on downloaded file objects

On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent must run under the local SYSTEM account or another administrator account in order to enable full functionality of the agent. The typical configuration is for the agent to run as a Windows service under the local SYSTEM account. The SecureConnector...

CVE-2016-9486 On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent is vulnerable to privilege escalation whereby an authenticated unprivileged user can obtain administrator privileges on the endpoint because files are created in a folder with incorrect privileges

On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent must run under the local SYSTEM account or another administrator account in order to enable full functionality of the agent. The typical configuration is for the agent to run as a Windows service under the local SYSTEM account. The SecureConnector...

ForeScout CounterACT SecureConnector agent is vulnerable to privilege escalation

Overview On Windows endpoints, the SecureConnector agent is vulnerable to privilege escalation whereby an authenticated unprivileged user can obtain administrator privileges on the endpoint by causing the SecureConnector agent to execute arbitrary code. Description On Windows endpoints, the...