Philips Collaboration Platform up to 12.2.1 downgrade

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Philips Collaboration Platform up to 12.2.1. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes downgrade. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-16200. The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in Philips Collaboration Platform up to 12.2.1 (Groupware Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a downgrade vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-757. A protocol or its implementation supports interaction between multiple actors and allows those actors to negotiate which algorithm should be used as a protection mechanism such as encryption or authentication, but it does not select the strongest algorithm that is available to both parties. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, Versions 12.2.1 and prior. The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an attacker to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

The weakness was disclosed 09/18/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.cisa.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-16200 since 07/31/2020. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can only be done within the local network. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1562.010 for this issue.

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 EUVD (EUVD-2020-8166). The entries VDB-161612, VDB-161613, VDB-161616 and VDB-161619 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Groupware Software

Vendor

• Philips

Name

• Collaboration Platform

Version

• 12.2.0
• 12.2.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.philips.ch/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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