CVE-2018-8856 — Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Philips	e	Alert Unit (non-medical device) — R2.1 and prior

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-09-26T19:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-17T01:56:15.854Z

09References

• www.usa.philips.com — https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/about/customer-support/product-security
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105194
• ics-cert.us-cert.gov — https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-242-01