Philips Vue PACS Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Philips Vue PACS versions 12.2.x.x and prior transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.
- Published
- Apr 1, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 49th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-319
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Report tools
Action score
30
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 7.5
- CNA · icscert
- 7.5
- agree
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| philips | myvue | cpe:2.3:a:philips:myvue |
| philips | speech | cpe:2.3:a:philips:speech |
| philips | vue motion | cpe:2.3:a:philips:vue_motion |
| philips | vue pacs | cpe:2.3:a:philips:vue_pacs |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- philips myvuebefore 12.2.1.5
- philips speechbefore 12.2.8.0
- philips vue motionbefore 12.2.1.5
- philips vue pacsbefore 12.2.8.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Philips Vue Motion
- unspecified and later · up to and including 12.2.1.5affected
Philips Vue MyVue
- unspecified and later · up to and including 12.2.x.xaffected
Philips Vue PACS
- unspecified and later · up to and including 12.2.x.xaffected
Philips Vue Speech
- unspecified and later · up to and including 12.2.x.xaffected
Same product
philips: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2021-27501Philips Vue PACS Improper Adherence to Coding Standards39Monitor
- CVE-2021-27497Philips Vue PACS Protection Mechanism Failure39Monitor
- CVE-2021-33024Philips Vue PACS Insufficiently Protected Credentials30Monitor
- CVE-2021-33020Philips Vue PACS Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date30Monitor
- CVE-2021-33018Philips Vue PACS Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm30Monitor
- CVE-2021-39369In Philips (formerly Carestream) Vue MyVue PACS through 12.2.x.x, the VideoStream function allows Path Traversal by authenticated users to a26Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-21-0555 · Jul 7, 2021(Philips Vue PAC Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-319 · Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive InformationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.