CVE-2004-2777
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 · uneditedGE Healthcare Centricity Image Vault 3.x has a password of (1) gemnet for the administrator account, (2) webadmin for the webadmin administrator account of the ASACA DVD library, (3) an empty value for the gemsservice account of the Ultrasound Database, and possibly (4) gemnet2002 for the gemnet2002 account of the GEMNet license server, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors. NOTE: it is not clear whether this password is default, hardcoded, or dependent on another system or product that requires a fixed value.
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 · high confidenceGE Healthcare Centricity Image Vault 3.x contains multiple hardcoded/default passwords for administrative accounts, including 'gemnet' for the administrator account, 'webadmin' for the webadmin account, an empty password for the gemsservice account, and 'gemnet2002' for the gemnet2002 account. These credentials allow unauthenticated attackers to gain full administrative access to the imaging archive system and potentially associated subsystems.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS 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
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- Complete
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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Confirm GE Healthcare Centricity Image Vault 3.x is installedCheck your system for the presence of Centricity Image Vault software by reviewing installed programs or running system inventory commands to identify this specific productAffected if The product is GE Healthcare Centricity Image Vault version 3.x or firmware version 3.x
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Locate administrative account configurationSearch system configuration files, user databases, or authentication configuration files for the accounts named: gemnet, webadmin, gemsservice, and gemnet2002Affected if Any of these accounts (gemnet, webadmin, gemsservice, gemnet2002) exist in the system
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Verify default passwords are in useAttempt to authenticate or review password hashes/stored credentials for the identified accounts to determine if they use the default values: 'gemnet', 'webadmin', empty password, or 'gemnet2002'Affected if Any of these accounts still use their default hardcoded passwords (gemnet, webadmin, blank, gemnet2002)
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Check for unauthenticated access to administrative interfacesVerify whether the web-based imaging archive management interface or administrative telnet/SSH access can be reached without prior credential change using the default accountsAffected if Default credentials still grant access to administrative interfaces without requiring password change on first login
A user is affected if GE Healthcare Centricity Image Vault 3.x is installed and any of the default accounts (gemnet, webadmin, gemsservice with empty password, or gemnet2002) retain their hardcoded passwords.
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 dataImmediately change all default/hardcoded passwords to strong, unique values per account, especially for administrative and service accounts. Document the changes and ensure no other systems share these credentials.
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