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CVE-2018-5438

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-5438 describes an insufficient session expiration vulnerability in Philips ISCV application versions prior to 2.3.0, specifically when used with an EMR system in KIOSK mode and Windows authentication. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) allows an attacker to reuse a previous user's session, potentially leading to unauthorized access and modification of patient health information. While the attack requires local access and high attack complexity, the impact on confidentiality and integrity is high. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:philips:intellispace_cardiovascular:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSMA-18-025-01
MitigationThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
usa.philips.com / healthcare/about/customer-support/product-security
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102847
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry