Encrypted-data recovery via hard-coded cryptographic key
Published Dec 27, 2021 · Updated Sep 17, 2024
Hard-coded key use in Philips Patient Information Center iX B.02, C.02, and C.03 allows local users to recover encrypted data. The software uses an embedded cryptographic key to protect data, but Philips has not published the key's storage locus or affected routine. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and no user interaction, and Philips reports no ability to modify point-of-care devices.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded key use in Philips Patient Information Center iX B.02, C.02, and C.03 allows local users to recover encrypted data. The software uses an embedded cryptographic key to protect data, but Philips has not published the key's storage locus or affected routine. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and no user interaction, and Philips reports no ability to modify point-of-care devices.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-43552
- Published
- Dec 27, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 17, 2024
- Vendor
- Philips
- Product
- Patient Information Center iX (PIC iX)
- Classifications
- CWE-321, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 27, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 17, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=B.02
- Affected versionversion=C.02
- Affected versionversion=C.03
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