CVE-2018-8853 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Philips Brilliance CT devices, including Brilliance 64, iCT, iCT SP, and CT Big Bore models. Due to the Windows operating system booting with elevated privileges within a contained kiosk, an attacker or authorized user could attain unauthorized elevated privileges and access underlying Windows resources. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 8.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:philips:brilliance_firmware_64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:philips:brilliance_ict_sp_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:philips:brilliance_ict_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:philips:_brilliance_ct_big_bore_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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