Session hijacking in Philips e-Alert Unit - CVE-2018-8852
Published: August 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14589
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8852
CWE-ID: CWE-384
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Philips
Affected software:
Philips e-Alert Unit
Philips e-Alert Unit
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to session fixation attack.
The vulnerability exists due the software gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions without invalidating any existing session identifier. A remote attacker can steal authenticated sessions.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-8852
Update to version R2.1.