This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of WithSecure Elements Endpoint Protection. User interaction on the part of an administrator is required to exploit this vulnerability. The ZDI has assigned a CVSS rating of 7.3. The following CVEs are assigned: CVE-2024-4454.
Daily Archives: May 22, 2024
NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect RCE (CVE-2023-43208, CVE-2023-37679)
What is the vulnerability?NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2023-43208) caused due to an incomplete patch of a Command Injection flaw (CVE-2023-37679). Mirth Connect is an open-source data integration platform widely used by healthcare companies. It enables the management of information using bi-directional sending of many types of messages. Attackers could exploit this vulnerability for initial access or to compromise sensitive healthcare data. CISA has recently added CVE-2023-43208 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on May 20th, 2024. What is the recommended Mitigation?Users are advised to update to the latest version of NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect as per the vendor’s instructions. What FortiGuard Coverage is available?FortiGuard Labs released an IPS signature “NextGen.Healthcare.Mirth.Connect.Command.Injection” to detect and block attack attempts targeting the vulnerability (CVE-2023-37679 and CVE-2023-43208). The FortiGuard Incident Response team can be engaged to help with any suspected compromise.
DSA-5696-1 chromium – security update
Security issues were discovered in Chromium, which could result
in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service or information
disclosure.
DSA-5695-1 webkit2gtk – security update
The following vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WebKitGTK
web engine:
CVE-2024-27834
Manfred Paul discovered that an attacker with arbitrary read and
write capability may be able to bypass Pointer Authentication.