CVE-2024-23620 (GCVE-0-2024-23620)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-25 23:35 – Updated: 2024-11-13 15:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation SYSTEM Privilege Escalation
Summary
An improper privilege management vulnerability exists in IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation. A local, authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-30 20:24 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://blog.exodusintel.com/2024/01/25/ibm-merge… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Merge Healthcare | eFilm Workstation |
Affected:
4.1 , ≤ 4.2
(semver)
|
guessed |
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