# CVE-2024-23620: IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation SYSTEM Privilege Escalation

> A local authenticated attacker can exploit improper privilege management in IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cp9r-x3vr-r488

## What is CVE-2024-23620?

CVE-2024-23620 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Merge Healthcare  eFilm Workstation, published on 25 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23620?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Merge Efilm Workstation.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-23620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-23620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-23620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM Merge Healthcare  eFilm Workstation

- [CVE-2024-23621](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23621/): IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation License Server Buffer Overflow (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-23622](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23622/): IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation License Server CopySLS_Request3 Buffer Overflow (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-23619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23619/): IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation Hardcoded Credentials (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-23620 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-23620 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Merge Healthcare  eFilm Workstation, published on 25 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Merge Healthcare  eFilm Workstation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23620/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23620
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23620
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23620

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23620/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.