CVE-2021-37364

HIGH

OpenClinic GA 5.194.18 - Authenticated Insecure Permissions and Unquoted Service Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2021-37364. PoCs published by Alessandro Salzano.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation in OpenClinic GA 5.194.18 by replacing the mysqld.exe binary with a malicious executable due to insecure folder permissions, leading to SYSTEM-level access upon reboot.

Description

OpenClinic GA 5.194.18 is affected by Insecure Permissions. By default the Authenticated Users group has the modify permission to openclinic folders/files. A low privilege account is able to rename mysqld.exe or tomcat8.exe files located in bin folders and replace with a malicious file that would connect back to an attacking computer giving system level privileges (nt authority\system) due to the service running as Local System. While a low privilege user is unable to restart the service through the application, a restart of the computer triggers the execution of the malicious file. The application also have unquoted service path issues.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Alessandro Salzano · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50448

This exploit demonstrates a local privilege escalation in OpenClinic GA 5.194.18 by replacing the mysqld.exe binary with a malicious executable due to insecure folder permissions, leading to SYSTEM-level access upon reboot.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: OpenClinic GA 5.194.18
Auth required
Prerequisites: Authenticated access to the system · Insecure folder permissions on OpenClinic installation directory · Ability to restart the victim machine
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-clinic/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50448

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0128
EPSS Percentile 66.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
openclinic_ga_project/openclinic_ga 5.194.18
Published Oct 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026