CVE-2020-12023

Summary

Philips IntelliBridge Enterprise (IBE), Versions B.12 and prior, IntelliBridge Enterprise system integration with SureSigns (VS4), EarlyVue (VS30) and IntelliVue Guardian (IGS). Unencrypted user credentials received in the IntelliBridge Enterprise (IBE) are logged within the transaction logs, which are secured behind the login based administrative web portal. The unencrypted user credentials sent from the affected products listed above, for the purpose of handshake or authentication with the Enterprise Systems, are logged as the payload in IntelliBridge Enterprise (IBE) within the transaction logs. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability to read plain text credentials from log files.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
PhilipsIntelliBridge Enterprise (IBE)0 < Versions B.12affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-532: CWE-532

Workarounds

As an interim mitigation to this vulnerability, Philips recommends the following:

  • The IBE transaction logs are only accessible with administrative privileges. An additional account can be created on the IBE system with limited privileges, for service engineers.

  • Reduce log retention to an acceptable timeframe that allows for recovery activities.

Users with questions regarding their specific Philips IntelliBridge Enterprise installation should contact their local Philips service support team, or regional service support.

Users can see the Philips advisory http://www.philips.com/productsecurity  for more details, and contact the Philips Customer Service Solutions https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/solutions/customer-service-solutions team for additional guidance. Please see the Philips product security website https://www.philips.com/productsecurity for the latest security information for Philips products.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

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