CVE-2018-5472
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedPhilips Intellispace Portal all versions 7.0.x and 8.0.x have an insecure windows permissions vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access and in some cases escalate their level of privilege or execute arbitrary code.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidencePhilips Intellispace Portal versions 7.0.x and 8.0.x contain insecure Windows file system or service permissions that allow unprivileged users to gain elevated access, potentially achieving full system compromise through privilege escalation or arbitrary code execution.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 8.0= 9.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Philips Intellispace Portal installationCheck if Philips Intellispace Portal is installed by looking for the program in Windows Add/Remove Programs, or search for the installation directory (commonly under C:\Program Files\Philips or C:\IntelliSpacePortal)Affected if The software is installed and version is 8.0 or 9.0
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Confirm installed version numberOpen Windows Registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{ProductGUID} or check the version info of the main executable in the installation folderAffected if The installed version is exactly 8.0.x or 9.0.x (note: summary shows 8.0 and 9.0 specifically)
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Inspect portal directory permissionsRight-click the main Intellispace Portal installation folder, go to Properties > Security, and review the permissions for Users and Everyone groupsAffected if Users or Everyone group has Write, Modify, or Full Control permissions on the portal directories
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Check service executable permissionsOpen Services.msc, locate any Philips Intellispace Portal services, check the executable path permissions, and verify non-admin users can modify service binariesAffected if Service binaries are writable by non-privileged users or service permissions are misconfigured
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Examine system folder write accessUse icacls command on portal subfolders (e.g., icacls "C:\IntellispacePortal\bin") to list all users with write accessAffected if Any unprivileged user account or group has Write or Full Control access to executable directories
A user is affected if Philips Intellispace Portal version 8.0 or 9.0 is installed AND unprivileged users have write/modify permissions on portal directories, services, or executable folders.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply vendor-provided security patch or hardening guidance to restrict Windows permissions on affected portal directories/services to authorized personnel only; verify remediation does not impact medical device regulatory compliance.
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- Review / QA8.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2018-5472 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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