CVE-2023-40704
Philips Vue PACS Use of Default Credentials
02 Description
Philips Vue PACS Use of Default Credentials
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-07-18 16:33Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-08-27 20:32Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- icscert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1392Use of Default CredentialsBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c360ecfa53919f211850a97a49aee9d7ff3ebc7f1a817d741671356ce1433706
05 Affected products
06 References
07 Remediation
Philips recommends the following mitigations: * For CVE-2021-28165, Philips recommends configuring the Vue PACS environment per D000763414 – Vue_PACS_12_Ports_Protocols_Services_Guide available on Incenter https://incenter.medical.philips.com/Default.aspx . Vue PACS version 12.2.8.410* released in October 2023 prevents this vulnerability. * For CVE-2023-40704, Philips recommends no action needed due to low risk of exploitability, but customers can request that Philips update database password(s). For managed services users, new releases will be made available upon resource availability. Releases are subject to country specific regulations. Users with questions regarding their specific Philips Vue PACS installations and new release eligibility should contact their local Philips sales representative or submit a request in the Philips Informatics Support portal https://www.informatics.support.philips.com/csm . Refer to the Philips advisory https://www.philips.com/productsecurity for more details.