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Clinical Collaboration PlatformApplication · Philips

CVE-2020-16198

MEDIUM · 6.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2020-09-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 12.2.1 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
When an attacker claims to have a given identity, Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, Versions 12.2.1 and prior, does not prove or insufficiently proves the claim is correct.

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 confidence

Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform versions 12.2.1 and prior contains an authentication weakness where the system fails to properly validate or prove that a user claiming a particular identity is actually that legitimate user, allowing attackers to potentially impersonate valid users.

MitigationUpdate Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform to a version beyond 12.2.1 that includes proper identity proofing mechanisms. If patching is not immediately possible, implement additional authentication controls such as multi-factor authentication and session validation.

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
Clinical Collaboration PlatformApplication
Affected:<= 12.2.1

CVSS 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
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform version
    Use system inventory tools, product-specific commands, or consult the software registry to determine the exact version number of the installed Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform instance
    Affected if The installed version is 12.2.1 or any version prior to 12.2.1 (versions <= 12.2.1)
  2. Confirm the platform is actively deployed
    Verify that the Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform is running and accessible in your environment, as the vulnerability only applies to active deployments
    Affected if The platform is actively running and serves as the clinical collaboration system in use

You are affected if your deployed Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform version is 12.2.1 or any prior version, as these contain the authentication weakness that allows user impersonation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 12.2.1
Interim mitigation

Update Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform to a version beyond 12.2.1 that includes proper identity proofing mechanisms. If patching is not immediately possible, implement additional authentication controls such as multi-factor authentication and session validation.

Fix this in Clinical Collaboration Platform Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing12.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,760
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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.

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