ICSMA-18-123-01: Philips Brilliance Computed Tomography (CT) System (Update A)
CISA advisory · released 2018-05-03
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- Distribution label in the document: TLP:WHITE
- Revision 2, 2019-10-10 (final)
CISA's summary
Risk evaluation: Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to attain elevated privileges and access unauthorized system resources, including access to execute software or to view/update files including patient health information (PHI), directories, or system configuration. This could impact system confidentiality, system integrity, or system availability. Philips has received no reports of exploitation or incidents from clinical associated with these vulnerabilities.
Products, as the advisory lists them
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Philips | Brilliance CT Big Bore | <=2.3.5 |
| Philips | Brilliance iCT | <=4.1.6 |
| Philips | Brilliance iCT | <=3.2.4 |
| Philips | Brilliance 64 | <=2.6.2 |
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Vulnerabilities in this advisory
- CVE-2018-8853 · CWE-250
Philips Brilliance CT devices operate user functions from within a contained kiosk in a Microsoft Windows operating system. Windows boots by default with elevated Windows privileges, enabling a kiosk application, user, or an attacker to potentially attain unauthorized elevated privileges. Also, attackers may gain access to unauthorized resources from the underlying Windows operating system.CVE-2018-8853 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).
- CVE-2018-8861 · CWE-668
Vulnerabilities within the Brilliance CT kiosk environment could enable a limited-access kiosk user or an unauthorized attacker to break-out from the containment of the kiosk environment, attain elevated privileges from the underlying Windows OS, and access unauthorized resources from the operating system.CVE-2018-8861 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L).
- CVE-2018-8857 · CWE-798
The software contains fixed credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. An attacker could compromise these credentials and gain access to the system.CVE-2018-8857 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 8.4 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Acknowledgments, as the advisory lists them
- Philips: reporting these vulnerabilities to NCCIC
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