Vulnerability in Philips Lighting (Signify Innovations India) Smart Bulb 9,10,12-Watt

CVE-2024-9991

This vulnerability exists in Philips lighting devices due to storage of Wi-Fi credentials in plain text within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary data to obtain the plaintext Wi-Fi credentials stored on the vulnerable device. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Wi-Fi network to which vulnerable device is connected.

EPSS: 0.001 (4.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-9991?
CVE-2024-9991 is a vulnerability in Philips Lighting (Signify Innovations India) Smart Bulb 9,10,12-Watt, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. Published 2024-10-25.
Is CVE-2024-9991 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.