VDB-124527 · CVE-2018-8856 · BID 105194

Philips e-Alert Unit up to R2.1 hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Philips e-Alert Unit up to R2.1. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-8856. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Philips e-Alert Unit up to R2.1 (Medical Device Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. The software contains hard-coded cryptographic key, which it uses for encryption of internal data.

The bug was discovered 08/30/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/26/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at usa.philips.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-8856 since 03/19/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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.

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

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 pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/19/2018 🔍
08/30/2018 +163 days 🔍
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09/26/2018 +26 days 🔍
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09/27/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/27/2020 +547 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: philips.ch

Advisory: usa.philips.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-8856 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-8856
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124527
SecurityFocus: 105194 - Multiple Philips e-Alert ICSA-18-242-01 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2018 09:26
Updated: 03/27/2020 08:53
Changes: 09/27/2018 09:26 (55), 09/28/2018 07:48 (1), 03/27/2020 08:53 (4)
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Committer: gomesj
Cache ID: 216::103

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