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GHSA-HGGH-F6M4-4C3W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-08 12:31 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31

Details

An attacker with local access the to medical office computer can escalate his Windows user privileges to "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" by exploiting a command injection vulnerability in the Elefant Update Service. The command injection can be exploited by communicating with the Elefant Update Service which is running as "SYSTEM" via Windows Named Pipes.The Elefant Software Updater (ESU) consists of two components. An ESU service which runs as "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" and an ESU tray client which communicates with the service to update or repair the installation and is running with user permissions. The communication is implemented using named pipes. A crafted message of type "MessageType.SupportServiceInfos" can be sent to the local ESU service to inject commands, which are then executed as "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM".

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2024-50591 (GCVE-0-2024-50591)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-08 12:01 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:28

Title

Local Privilege Escalation via Command Injection

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Assigner

SEC-VLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://r.sec-consult.com/hasomed	third-party-advisory
	https://hasomed.de/produkte/elefant/	patch

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	HASOMED	Elefant Software Updater	Affected: <1.4.2.1811 (custom)

Credits

Tobias Niemann, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Daniel Hirschberger, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Florian Stuhlmann, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2024-50591 (GCVE-0-2024-50591)

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