Philips Patient Information Center iX improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Philips Patient Information Center iX, PerformanceBridge Focal Point and IntelliVue Patient Monitor. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-16222. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Philips Patient Information Center iX, PerformanceBridge Focal Point and IntelliVue Patient Monitor (Medical Device Software) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) Version B.02, C.02, C.03, and PerformanceBridge Focal Point Version A.01, when an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves the claim is correct.

The weakness was disclosed 09/11/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.cisa.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-16222 since 07/31/2020. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/31/2020 🔍
09/11/2020 +42 days 🔍
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02/24/2026 +1992 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: philips.ch

Advisory: us-cert.cisa.gov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-16222 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-16222
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161132
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/11/2020 18:17
Updated: 02/24/2026 05:03
Changes: 09/11/2020 18:17 (37), 09/11/2020 18:22 (18), 02/24/2026 05:03 (20)
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