Philips Patient Information Center iX Certificate Revocation improper check for certificate revocation
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Philips Patient Information Center iX, PerformanceBridge Focal Point and IntelliVue Patient Monitor. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Certificate Revocation Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper check for certificate revocation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-16228. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Philips Patient Information Center iX, PerformanceBridge Focal Point and IntelliVue Patient Monitor (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Certificate Revocation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper check for certificate revocation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-299. The product does not check or incorrectly checks the revocation status of a certificate, which may cause it to use a certificate that has been compromised. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
In Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) Versions C.02 and C.03, PerformanceBridge Focal Point Version A.01, IntelliVue patient monitors MX100, MX400-MX550, MX750, MX850, and IntelliVue X3 Versions N and prior, the software does not check or incorrectly checks the revocation status of a certificate, which may cause it to use a compromised certificate.
The weakness was presented 09/11/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.cisa.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-16228 since 07/31/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to approached within the local network. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1557.003 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
See VDB-161130, VDB-161131 and VDB-161132 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
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Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.philips.ch/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploiting
Class: Improper check for certificate revocationCWE: CWE-299 / CWE-298 / CWE-295
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Local: No
Remote: Partially
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/31/2020 🔍09/11/2020 🔍
09/11/2020 🔍
02/24/2026 🔍
Sources
Vendor: philips.chAdvisory: us-cert.cisa.gov
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2020-16228 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-16228
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-161133
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Entry
Created: 09/11/2020 18:18Updated: 02/24/2026 05:03
Changes: 09/11/2020 18:18 (38), 09/11/2020 18:23 (17), 02/24/2026 05:03 (19)
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