CVE-2024-36480
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUse of hard-coded credentials issue exists in Ricoh Streamline NX PC Client ver.3.7.2 and earlier. If this vulnerability is exploited, an attacker may obtain LocalSystem Account of the PC where the product is installed. As a result, unintended operations may be performed on the PC.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceRicoh Streamline NX PC Client versions 3.7.2 and earlier contain hard-coded credentials that can be extracted and exploited to gain LocalSystem account privileges on Windows machines where the product is installed, providing full administrative control of the host.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Ricoh Streamline NX PC Client is installedOpen Windows Registry Editor and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. Search for entries containing 'Ricoh' or 'Streamline NX'. Alternatively, check C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files (x86) for a folder named 'Ricoh' or 'Streamline NX'.Affected if The application is found in registry or program directories
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Determine the installed versionIn the registry uninstall entry, read the 'DisplayVersion' value. Or right-click the executable in the installation folder, select Properties, and check the Details tab for the File Version.Affected if Version is 3.7.2 or earlier (any version number less than or equal to 3.7.2)
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Identify configuration files with credentialsIn the application installation directory, examine configuration files (such as .xml, .ini, .config, or database files) for embedded username and password pairs. Look for hard-coded credential strings in plain text.Affected if Configuration files contain hard-coded credentials that were not set by the administrator
You are affected if Ricoh Streamline NX PC Client version 3.7.2 or earlier is installed on your system and contains hard-coded credentials in its configuration files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to a patched version of Ricoh Streamline NX PC Client. Review system access logs for indicators of compromise and consider resetting any credentials that may have been exposed through the hard-coded credential exposure.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-36480 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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