Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Philips IntelliBridge hubs may contain built-in credentials or keys. In a hospital network, that can let an unauthenticated nearby attacker affect device integrity or availability. The source bundle does not show active exploitation or a confirmed patch.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority medical-device network risk, especially in clinical environments where hub disruption could affect operations. Prioritize inventory, segmentation, and vendor-confirmed remediation planning.
Technical view
CVE-2021-32993 is CWE-798 hard-coded credentials in Philips IntelliBridge EC 40 and EC 80 Hub. The CVSS 3.1 score is 8.1 with adjacent-network access, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, high integrity impact, and high availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most relevant to healthcare environments using Philips IntelliBridge hubs on adjacent clinical or medical-device networks. Internet exposure is not implied by the provided CVSS vector or source bundle.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not identify active exploitation, public exploit code, or CISA KEV listing. Risk comes from hard-coded credential material in affected devices and the lack of authentication prerequisites in the CVSS vector.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to CVE metadata and the CISA ICS medical advisory reference. The bundle has inconsistent product wording between EC 80 in affected data and EC 60 in the description, so validate exact models with Philips guidance.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Philips IntelliBridge EC 40 and EC 80 Hub deployments.
- Confirm versions; prioritize C.00.04 and prior where present.
- Review Philips and CISA advisory guidance for updates or mitigations.
- Restrict adjacent-network access to trusted clinical and management systems.
- Segment medical-device networks from general user and guest networks.
- Investigate and rotate related downstream credentials if compromise is suspected.
Validation and detection
- Check asset inventory for Philips IntelliBridge EC 40 and EC 80 Hub.
- Verify installed versions against C.00.04 and prior references.
- Confirm affected devices are not reachable from non-clinical adjacent networks.
- Review network controls limiting access to hub management and integration paths.
- Check vendor advisories for current remediation status before closure.
Public sources used
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CWE-798: Credential and account abuse lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H2.85.2Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.1HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsma-21-322-01CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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