CVE-2018-8842 affects Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device) versions R2.1 and prior, where sensitive data, including personal contact information and application login credentials, is transmitted in cleartext. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating that an unauthenticated attacker on the same subnet can easily intercept and disclose critical information, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= r2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:philips:e-alert_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.