What is CVE-2018-5472?

CVE-2018-5472 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Philips Intellispace Portal, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-5472?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Philips Intellispace Portal

CVE-2018-5472

Philips Intellispace Portal all versions 7.0.x and 8.0.x have an insecure windows permissions vulnerability that could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access and in some cases escalate their level of privilege or execute arbitrary code.

Published 2018-03-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.045 (91.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.045 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Philips Intellispace Portal — versions 8.0, 9.0
Philips Intellispace Portal — versions 8.0.x, 7.0.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/about/customer-support/product-security (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103182 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-02 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-5472?: CVE-2018-5472 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Philips Intellispace Portal, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-5472?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.