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Medium 6.8HealthcarePublished Sep 11, 2020

CVE-2020-16212Philips Patient Monitoring Devices Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

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It affects Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, higher than 29% of scored CVEs.

In Patient Information Center iX (PICiX) Versions B.02, C.02, C.03, the product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource. The application on the surveillance station operates in kiosk mode, which is vulnerable to local breakouts that could allow an attacker with physical access to escape the restricted environment with limited privileges.

CVSS
6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-668
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
0.37% (percentile 29)
Assigned by
icscert
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Aug 4, 2024
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 12, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Philips Patient Information Center iX (PICiX)
philips:patient_information_center_ix_picix (from the name)
B.02; C.02; C.03
CNA record
philips patient_information_center_ix
philips:patient_information_center_ix
b.02; c.02; c.03
NVD

References

  • third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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