CVE-2018-8852 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. When authenticating a user or otherwise establishing a new user session, the software gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions without invalidating any existing session identifier.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00797.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Philips	E-alert Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:philips:e-alert_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-20460	Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. When authenticating a user or otherwise establishing a new user session, the software gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions without invalidating any existing session identifier.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00969}`	epss `{'score': 0.00951}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published: 2018-09-26T19:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:22:08.056Z

Reserved: 2018-03-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-8852

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-26T19:29:02.597

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:14:27.230

Link: CVE-2018-8852

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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