7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
37.2%
CVSS v3 5.9
ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/public exploits are available
Vendor: Philips
Equipment: EncoreAnywhere product used in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Region
Vulnerability: Information Exposure
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in unencrypted communication and potential improper disclosure of sensitive data.
The following versions of the EncoreAnywhere APAC product, a hosted web application, are affected:
The HTTP header contains data an attacker may be able to use to gain sensitive information.
CVE-2018-8863 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Philips reported this vulnerability to NCCIC.
Philips has identified and put in place mitigations to reduce the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. They continue to assess additional mitigations and a full implementation and documentation will be available by September 2018.
NCCIC recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:
NCCIC reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.
NCCIC also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS-CERT web page. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.
Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpages in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B–Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.
Organizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to NCCIC for tracking and correlation against other incidents.
This vulnerability is exploitable remotely. High skill level is needed to exploit.
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