6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.875 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.6%
CVSS v3 5.7
**ATTENTION:**Low skill level to exploit
**Vendor:**Philips
**Equipment:**Philips IntelliVue Information Center iX
**Vulnerability:**Resource Exhaustion
This updated advisory is a follow-up to the updated advisory titled ICSMA-18-233-01 Philips IntelliVue Information Center iX (Update A) that was published August 30, 2018, on the NCCIC/ICS-CERT website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a denial of service, the operating system will become unresponsive due to the network attack, which will affect the applications ability to meet the intended use.
The following versions of Philips IntelliVue Information Center iX, real-time central monitoring system, are affected:
An attacker may compromise the deviceβs availability by performing multiple initial UDP requests.
CVE-1999-0103 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 5.7 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
A user reported this vulnerability to Philips, who then reported it to NCCIC.
Philips has identified and put in place mitigations to reduce the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. In order for users of affected devices to mitigate exposure to this vulnerability, Philips recommends following the deviceβs labeling, including instructions for use and service guide(s), which provide compensating controls.
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Philips will provide the remediation in the form of a patch by the end of November 2018 for all PIIC iX B.02 users.
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Philipsβ contact information is available at the following location:
<http://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/solutions/customer-service-solutions>
The Philips advisory is available at the following URL:
<http://www.philips.com/productsecurity>
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-CERT website in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01BβTargeted 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.
No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability is exploitable from within the same local device subnet.
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