Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular 2.x/3.x/4.1 Folder access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular 2.x/3.x/4.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Folder Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-14787. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. This vulnerability has historical importance owing to its background and reception.

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A vulnerability was found in Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular 2.x/3.x/4.1 (Medical Device Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Folder Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Philips' IntelliSpace Cardiovascular (ISCV) products (ISCV Version 2.x or prior and Xcelera Version 4.1 or prior), an attacker with escalated privileges could access folders which contain executables where authenticated users have write permissions, and could then execute arbitrary code with local administrative permissions.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2018. The weakness was released 08/22/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at usa.philips.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-14787 since 08/01/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/17/2020). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

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.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-109655, VDB-114821, VDB-115070 and VDB-115071. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Medical Device Software

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• Philips

Name

• IntelliSpace Cardiovascular

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• 2.x
• 3.x
• 4.1

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.philips.ch/

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