CVE-2020-12020 — Baxter ExactaMix EM 2400 Versions 1

Baxter ExactaMix EM 2400 Versions 1.10, 1.11, and 1.13 and ExactaMix EM1200 Versions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4 does not restrict non administrative users from gaining access to the operating system and editing the application startup script. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability

01What is this vulnerability?

Baxter ExactaMix EM 2400 Versions 1.10, 1.11, and 1.13 and ExactaMix EM1200 Versions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4 does not restrict non administrative users from gaining access to the operating system and editing the application startup script. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to alter the startup script as the limited-access user.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Baxter ExactaMix EM 2400 & EM 1200	ExactaMix EM2400 Versions 1.10, 1.11, 1.13, 1.14, ExactaMix EM1200 Versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-06-29T13:51:49.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T11:48:57.381Z

09References

• www.us-cert.gov — https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-20-170-01