MEDHOST Connex DB2 Database hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in MEDHOST Connex. This impacts an unknown function of the component DB2 Database. Such manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-11614. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in MEDHOST Connex (affected version not known). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component DB2 Database. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

MEDHOST Connex contains hard-coded credentials that are used for customer database access. An attacker with knowledge of the hard-coded credentials and the ability to communicate directly with the database may be able to obtain or modify sensitive patient and financial information. Connex utilizes an IBM i DB2 user account for database access. The account name is HMSCXPDN. Its password is hard-coded in multiple places in the application. Customers do not have the option to change this password. The account has elevated DB2 roles, and can access all objects or database tables on the customer DB2 database. This account can access data through ODBC, FTP, and TELNET. Customers without Connex installed are still vulnerable because the MEDHOST setup program creates this account.

The bug was discovered 07/22/2017. The weakness was presented 07/25/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-11614 since 07/25/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1110.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Connex

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