Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular/Xcelera Unquoted Search Path unquoted search path

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular and Xcelera (Medical Device Software) (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component Unquoted Search Path. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Philips' IntelliSpace Cardiovascular (ISCV) products (ISCV Version 3.1 or prior and Xcelera Version 4.1 or prior), an unquoted search path or element vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and escalate their level of privileges.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2018. The weakness was disclosed 08/22/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at usa.philips.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-14789 since 08/01/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/17/2020). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574.009 according to MITRE ATT&CK. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
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Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
ATT&CK: T1574.009

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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08/01/2018 🔍
08/14/2018 +13 days 🔍
08/22/2018 +7 days 🔍
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08/23/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/17/2020 +572 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: philips.ch

Advisory: usa.philips.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-14789 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/23/2018 06:43
Updated: 03/17/2020 15:33
Changes: 08/23/2018 06:43 (59), 03/17/2020 15:33 (2)
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