VDB-124469 · CVE-2018-14803 · BID 105194

Philips e-Alert Unit up to R2.1 HTTP Response Header Banner information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Philips e-Alert Unit up to R2.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP Response Header Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Banner). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-14803. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Philips e-Alert Unit up to R2.1 (Medical Device Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component HTTP Response Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Banner). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. 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.

The bug was discovered 08/30/2018. The weakness was shared 09/26/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at usa.philips.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-14803 since 08/01/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 27 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 105194†). The entries VDB-109655, VDB-114821, VDB-115070 and VDB-115071 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Medical Device Software

Vendor

Philips

Name

e-Alert Unit

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.philips.ch/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Banner
Class: Information disclosure / Banner
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
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Timelineinfo

08/01/2018 🔍
08/30/2018 +29 days 🔍
08/30/2018 +0 days 🔍
09/26/2018 +26 days 🔍
09/26/2018 +0 days 🔍
09/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/27/2020 +547 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: philips.ch

Advisory: usa.philips.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-14803 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-14803
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124469
SecurityFocus: 105194 - Multiple Philips e-Alert ICSA-18-242-01 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2018 08:47
Updated: 03/27/2020 14:50
Changes: 09/27/2018 08:47 (63), 03/27/2020 14:50 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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