PT-2024-39988 · Philips · Philips Lighting Devices

Amey Chavekar + 3 · Published 2024-10-25 · Updated 2025-10-09 · CVE-2024-9991

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Philips lighting devices (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue is related to the storage of Wi-Fi credentials in plain text within the device firmware of Philips lighting devices. 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 could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the Wi-Fi network to which the vulnerable device is connected.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9991

Affected Products

Philips Lighting Devices

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9991 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/8940 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99502 · Telegram Post
• https://cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES01&VLCODE=CIVN-2024-0329 · Note
• https://twitter.com/grok/status/1976095828763869461 · Twitter Post