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CVE-2024-48971

The Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password are hard-coded into the ventilator in plaintext form.

CRITICAL 9.3EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password are hard-coded into the ventilator in plaintext form. This could allow an attacker to obtain the password off the ventilator and use it to gain unauthorized access to the device, with clinician privileges.

CVSS 3.1: 9.3 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.22% probability · 12th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-798
Source: productsecurity@baxter.com

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-24-319-01

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.