Claroty researchers discovered recently that the FileWave MDM product is affected by two critical security holes: an authentication bypass issue (CVE-2022-34907) and a hardcoded cryptographic key (CVE-2022-34906). The vendor quickly patched the flaws.
The authentication bypass vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to achieve “super_user” access and take full control of an internet-connected MDM instance. From there, the attacker could hack all devices managed using the FileWave product, including to steal sensitive information and deliver malware.
The researchers identified more than 1,100 internet-exposed instances of the vulnerable MDM server, including ones housed by corporations, educational institutions, government agencies, and SMBs.
This could have made these systems a tempting target for malicious actors looking to compromise many systems within an organization.
