Medicalis Workflow OrchestratorApplication · Siemens

CVE-2024-37999

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-07-08
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click

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 · unedited
A vulnerability has been identified in Medicalis Workflow Orchestrator (All versions). The affected application executes as a trusted account with high privileges and network access. This could allow an authenticated local attacker to escalate privileges.

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 · moderate confidence

Medicalis Workflow Orchestrator runs as a trusted, high-privilege service account with network access. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this misconfiguration to perform privilege escalation, potentially gaining administrative or system-level control over the host.

MitigationConfigure the application to run under a least-privilege service account with only the permissions required for its function, and restrict local access to trusted administrators.

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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 data
Medicalis Workflow OrchestratorApplication
Affected:all versions

CVSS 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
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify if Medicalis Workflow Orchestrator is installed
    Check the Windows Services list, Program Files directory, or registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for entries named 'Medicalis Workflow Orchestrator' or similar
    Affected if The application is present on the system
  2. Identify the service account used by the application service
    Open Services console (services.msc), locate the Medicalis Workflow Orchestrator service, right-click and select Properties, and note the value in the 'Log On As' field (or use sc qc <servicename> from elevated command prompt)
    Affected if The service runs under a high-privilege account such as LocalSystem, Local Service, Administrator, or a domain admin account
  3. Check if the service account has administrative privileges
    Run 'net user <accountname>' to view group memberships, or check if the account belongs to the Administrators, Domain Admins, or Backup Operators groups
    Affected if The service account belongs to privileged groups beyond what the application requires for its function
  4. Verify network accessibility of the service
    Confirm the service is configured with network access or binding to network interfaces, which enables remote authenticated attackers to potentially exploit the privilege gap
    Affected if The service listens on network ports or is accessible remotely beyond localhost
  5. Review local user access
    Audit which local users have interactive logon rights to the system where the application runs, particularly those who could authenticate locally to trigger the exploit
    Affected if Multiple non-administrator users have local access to the host

The environment is affected if Medicalis Workflow Orchestrator is installed and runs under a high-privilege service account (LocalSystem, Administrator, or similar) with excessive permissions, allowing an authenticated local user to potentially escalate privileges.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Configure the application to run under a least-privilege service account with only the permissions required for its function, and restrict local access to trusted administrators.

Fix this in Medicalis Workflow Orchestrator Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation6.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing10.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
32.0 hours of engineering $5,580
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