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CVE-2024-50591

Local Privilege Escalation via Command Injection

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 8, 2024 at 12:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorElefant Software Updater

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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".

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Elefant Software Updater· Hasomed
60%
v < 1.4.2.1811
Affected range stops below 1.4.2.1811, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Patch
Source: 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf
https://hasomed.de/produkte/elefant/
Third Party Advisory
Source: 551230f0-3615-47bd-b7cc-93e92e730bbf
https://r.sec-consult.com/hasomed
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Nov/3

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.8HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-77

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