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CVE-2024-50591VulnerabilityPublished Updated

An attacker with local access the to medical office computer can escalate his Windows user privileges to "NT

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Authoritative record:CVE-2024-50591· High 7.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:14 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Nov 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, restrict local access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious local activity involving the Elefant Update Service.

Description

CVE-2024-50591 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Elefant Update Service used by a medical office computer. An attacker with local user access can exploit a command injection flaw via Windows Named Pipes communication to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The vulnerability arises from the Elefant Software Updater service running as SYSTEM and accepting crafted messages that allow command injection. The CVSS score is 7.8, indicating high severity.

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