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medium 6.5

CVE-2020-27298 json

Philips Interventional Workstations OS Command Injection

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-19811

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Philips Interventional Workspot (Release 1.3.2, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.3, 1.4.5), Coronary Tools/Dynamic Coronary Roadmap/Stentboost Live (Release 1.0), ViewForum (Release 6.3V1L10). The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally influenced input from an upstream component but does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when sent to a downstream component.

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-21-019-01 updated cvss 6.5

Philips Interventional Workstations

  • Philips Coronary Tools/Dynamic Coronary Roadmap/Stentboost Live 1.0 Philips Interventional Workspot (Release 1.3.2 1.4.0 1.4.1 1.4.3 1.4.5) Philips ViewForum 6.3V1L10
    affected: vendor fix usa.philips.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Philips Interventional Workspot
  • Philips Coronary Tools/Dynamic Coronary Roadmap/Stentboost Live
  • Philips ViewForum

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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