GE Voluson S8 Windows Operating System Patches privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GE Voluson S8 (Medical Device Software) (version now known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Windows Operating System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability (Patches). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2019. The weakness was published 07/01/2020 by Marc Ruef and Rocco Gagliardi with scip AG as VulDB 129835 as confirmed entry (VulDB). It is possible to read the advisory at vuldb.com. The public release has been coordinated with GE. This issue is part of multiple weaknesses that were reported to GE Healthcare. Not all of them were accepted and addressed with a software patch. The vulnerabilities not accepted were published with a delay and without technical details to prevent attackers from gaining an advantage. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-36549. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative.

Additional details are provided at scip.ch. Similar entries are available at 129832, 129834 and 129833.

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Name: Patches
Class: Privileges management / Patches
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional

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07/01/2020 +527 days 🔍
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Vendor: ge.com

Advisory: VulDB 129835
Researcher: Marc Ruef, Rocco Gagliardi
Organization: scip AG
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-36549 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 01/17/2019 12:20
Updated: 07/01/2023 13:54
Changes: 01/17/2019 12:20 (53), 07/03/2020 14:54 (3), 06/16/2022 14:29 (2), 06/16/2022 14:30 (2), 06/17/2022 15:10 (1), 07/01/2023 13:47 (3), 07/01/2023 13:54 (28)
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