CVE-2020-16247
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 Clinical Collaboration Platform, Versions 12.2.1 and prior, exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.
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 Clinical Collaboration Platform versions 12.2.1 and prior contain an improper access control vulnerability where resources are exposed to unintended actors, likely due to missing or insufficient authorization checks allowing unauthorized access to sensitive clinical data or functionality.
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<= 12.2.1CVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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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Identify installed version of Philips Clinical Collaboration PlatformCheck the application's 'About' page, the software inventory, or run: Get-ProductInfo or equivalent PowerShell/CLI command provided by the platform to retrieve the exact version numberAffected if Version is 12.2.1 or any prior version (12.x.x, 11.x.x, etc.)
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Confirm the platform is actively handling clinical dataVerify the system is deployed and in production use, serving as a collaboration platform for clinical workflows rather than a test/inactive installationAffected if The system is operational and processing clinical content
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Review user role and permission assignmentsAccess the platform's admin console and audit the access control configuration: examine assigned roles, user group memberships, and permission mappings for each roleAffected if Users or groups exist with permissions that may allow access beyond their intended scope, or if multiple roles have overlapping data access privileges
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Test for unauthorized access to clinical data endpointsUsing an account with limited privileges (e.g., a basic user role), attempt to access clinical data URLs, API endpoints, or file shares that should be restricted to higher-privileged rolesAffected if Lower-privileged accounts can view, modify, or download clinical data they should not have access to
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Audit authentication versus authorization behaviorReview system logs for successful authentication attempts followed by access to resources that require higher privilege levels, noting if authorization is consistently enforced after loginAffected if Users can reach protected resources after authenticating without proper authorization validation occurring
You are affected if your installed version is 12.2.1 or prior AND the platform is handling clinical data with any access control misconfigurations present.
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-supplied patches or upgrade to a version beyond 12.2.1 as specified in Philips security advisories; verify access control policies are properly configured.
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- Review / QA4.0 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-2020-16247 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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