VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-8870
Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor and 24952 MyCareLink Monitor contains a hard-coded operating system password.
MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor and 24952 MyCareLink Monitor contains a hard-coded operating system password. An attacker with physical access can remove the case of the device, connect to the debug port, and use the password to gain privileged access to the operating system.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-259, CWE-798
- Affected
- medtronic/24950 mycarelink monitor firmware · medtronic/24952 mycarelink monitor firmware
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
References
- https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/mycarelink-6-28-18.html
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-179-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-179-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.