ICSA-18-242-01: Philips e-Alert Unit
CISA advisory · released 2018-08-30
Source record Collected from CISA's CSAF advisory feed
- Distribution label in the document: TLP:WHITE
- Revision 2, 2018-08-30 (final)
CISA's summary
Risk evaluation: Successful exploitation from an attacker within the same subnet may impact or compromise user contact details, unit integrity, and/or unit availability. The vulnerabilities may allow attackers to provide unexpected input into the application, execute arbitrary code, display unit information, or potentially cause e-Alert to crash.
Products, as the advisory lists them
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Philips | Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device) | <= R2.1 |
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware.
Vulnerabilities in this advisory
- CVE-2018-8850 · CWE-20
The software does not validate input properly, allowing an attacker to craft the input in a form that is not expected by the rest of the application. This would lead to parts of the unit receiving unintended input, which may result in altered control flow, arbitrary control of a resource, or arbitrary code execution.CVE-2018-8850 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N).
- CVE-2018-8846 · CWE-79
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is then served to other users.CVE-2018-8846 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N).
- CVE-2018-14803 · CWE-200
The Philips e-Alert contains a banner disclosure vulnerability that could allow attackers to obtain extraneous product information, such as OS and software components, via the HTTP response header that is normally not available to the attacker, but might be useful information in an attack.CVE-2018-14803has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
- CVE-2018-8848 · CWE-276
The software, upon installation, sets incorrect permissions for an object that exposes it to an unintended actor.CVE-2018-8848 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N).
- CVE-2018-8842 · CWE-319
The software transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. The Philips e-Alert communication channel is not encrypted which could therefore lead to disclosure of personal contact information and application login credentials from within the same subnet.CVE-2018-8842 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
- CVE-2018-8844 · CWE-352
The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.CVE-2018-8844 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
- CVE-2018-8852 · CWE-384
When authenticating a user or otherwise establishing a new user session, the software gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions without invalidating any existing session identifier.CVE-2018-8852 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.4 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
- CVE-2018-8854 · CWE-400
The software does not properly restrict the size or amount of resources requested or influenced by an actor, which can be used to consume more resources than intended.CVE-2018-8854 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Acknowledgments, as the advisory lists them
- Philips: reporting these vulnerabilities to NCCIC
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