# CVE-2018-5470: Privilege escalation in Philips IntelliSpace Portal

> Local attackers can exploit unquoted search paths to execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges in Philips IntelliSpace Portal.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Mar 2018
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g46c-8pwj-qp6c

## What is CVE-2018-5470?

CVE-2018-5470 is a high-severity vulnerability in Philips IntelliSpace Portal, published on 26 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Philips IntelliSpace Portal all versions of 8.0.x, and 7.0.x have an unquoted search path or element vulnerability that has been identified, which may allow an authorized local user to execute arbitrary code and escalate their level of privileges.

Weakness: CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path), CWE-428 (Unquoted Search Path or Element)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5470?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Philips Intellispace Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-5470?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5470 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-5470 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Philips IntelliSpace Portal

- [CVE-2018-5468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5468/): Auth bypass in Philips IntelliSpace Portal (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-5472](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5472/): Privilege escalation in Philips IntelliSpace Portal (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-5474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5474/): Code injection in Philips IntelliSpace Portal (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-5454](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5454/): Security feature bypass in Philips IntelliSpace Portal (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2018-5458](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5458/): Weak cryptography in Philips IntelliSpace Portal (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-5470 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-5470 is a high-severity vulnerability in Philips IntelliSpace Portal, published on 26 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5470 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Philips IntelliSpace Portal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5470/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5470/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5470
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5470
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5470

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5470/
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