CVE-2024-50593
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 · uneditedAn attacker with local access to the medical office computer can access restricted functions of the Elefant Service tool by using a hard-coded "Hotline" password in the Elefant service binary, which is shipped with the software.
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 confidenceThe Elefant Service tool ships with a binary containing a hard-coded 'Hotline' password. An attacker with local physical or terminal access to the medical office computer can use this credential to bypass authentication and access restricted service functions that should be limited to authorized personnel.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Elefant Service tool binarySearch for the Elefant Service binary on the system using file system searches (e.g., find / -name '*elefant*' -o -name '*Elefant*' 2>/dev/null on Linux, or check common installation directories like C:\Program Files\Elefant on Windows)Affected if The Elefant Service tool binary is present on the system
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Identify the installed versionRun the binary with version flags (e.g., elefant --version, elefant -v, or check file properties/details), or examine the binary file metadataAffected if The version cannot be determined or is within an unpatched release range
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Inspect binary for hard-coded 'Hotline' credentialUse strings or hex dump tools to extract printable strings from the binary and search for the literal text 'Hotline' or suspicious hard-coded password patterns (e.g., strings <binary_path> | grep -i hotline)Affected if The string 'Hotline' or a hard-coded password value is found embedded in the binary
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Check service accessibility and authentication stateExamine service configuration files, logs, or attempt to invoke service functions that require authentication to determine if the Hotline credential would be acceptedAffected if The service accepts the hard-coded credential or exposes service functions without proper authentication enforcement
A user is affected if the Elefant Service tool is installed and the binary contains a hard-coded 'Hotline' password that can bypass authentication.
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 dataRemove the hard-coded password from the Elefant service binary and implement proper credential management (e.g., externalized secrets, role-based access controls). Enforce physical and logical access controls on systems running this software.
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